help Printing a large picture on a DeskJet 812C with win98SE

I'm having trouble trying to print a large (2116X2212) photo in
landscape mode. I'm certain it is a Windows problem as i get the same
error in both Irfanview and Open Office. As I understand the specs, I
should be able to print in 300 DPI for full color images, so this
image should be just within the parameters for a landscape photo. My
screen only supports 1280x1024x24-bit resolution, and I typically have
it set to 1024x768x24 to avoid squinting. I am running Windows 98SE
and am using the HP DeskJet 810C drivers that came on the CD with the
printer. The actual printer is an HP DeskJet 812C. I have two
installations of the driver, one, the default one is set to use
greyscale by default, while the other is set to print color as it is
much simpler to use the second printer to switch to color. Both are
giving me trouble.

The first error typically happens when I try to print on "normal"
quality
"Printers Folder"
There was an error writing to LPT1: for the printer (HP DeskJet 810C
Color): There was a problem printing to the printer due to an unknown
system error. Restart Windows, and then try printing again

The second error seems to happen mostly when I print on "best"
quality.
Title:
"Printers Folder"
There was an error writing to LPT1: for the printer (HP DeskJet 810C
Color) This function is only valid in Win32 mode".

I don't think the results of trying to print on the low quality will
be suitable for what I want to print. I put the picture on the
computer so I could add a caption. I've tried using Irfanview to
adjust the designated resolution of the photo to 600dpi, 300dpi, and
even 150dpi and I still get these errors.

I don't have a problem printing word processor documents, or web
pages. I was also able to print a much smaller doodle in OpenOffice's
Draw without trouble. It seems to be exceeding some unknown maximum
size, but that max is smaller than I'd expect for 300dpi, let alone
600dpi.

Any suggestions on how to resolve this?

wrote:
> I'm having trouble trying to print a large (2116X2212) photo in
> landscape mode. I'm certain it is a Windows problem as i get the same
> error in both Irfanview and Open Office. As I understand the specs, I
> should be able to print in 300 DPI for full color images, so this
> image should be just within the parameters for a landscape photo. My
> screen only supports 1280x1024x24-bit resolution, and I typically have
> it set to 1024x768x24 to avoid squinting. I am running Windows 98SE
> and am using the HP DeskJet 810C drivers that came on the CD with the
> printer. The actual printer is an HP DeskJet 812C. I have two
> installations of the driver, one, the default one is set to use
> greyscale by default, while the other is set to print color as it is
> much simpler to use the second printer to switch to color. Both are
> giving me trouble.
>
> The first error typically happens when I try to print on "normal"
> quality
> "Printers Folder"
> There was an error writing to LPT1: for the printer (HP DeskJet 810C
> Color): There was a problem printing to the printer due to an unknown
> system error. Restart Windows, and then try printing again
>
> The second error seems to happen mostly when I print on "best"
> quality.
> Title:
> "Printers Folder"
> There was an error writing to LPT1: for the printer (HP DeskJet 810C
> Color) This function is only valid in Win32 mode".
>
> I don't think the results of trying to print on the low quality will
> be suitable for what I want to print. I put the picture on the
> computer so I could add a caption. I've tried using Irfanview to
> adjust the designated resolution of the photo to 600dpi, 300dpi, and
> even 150dpi and I still get these errors.
>
> I don't have a problem printing word processor documents, or web
> pages. I was also able to print a much smaller doodle in OpenOffice's
> Draw without trouble. It seems to be exceeding some unknown maximum
> size, but that max is smaller than I'd expect for 300dpi, let alone
> 600dpi.
>
> Any suggestions on how to resolve this?

To be realistic, you may have come up against limitations of either
Windows 98SE or the DeskJet 812, neither of which was designed to handle
such a large photo/bitmap. I would bet that Windows is simply running
out of memory and choking on the large amount of data to be printed.
How much memory in your computer? If not the maximum of 512MB supported
by Windows 98SE, a memory upgrade is worth a try before replacing an old
computer and operating system with something capable of handling a large
photo, e.g. a Pentium 4-class system with at least 1GB of memory and
some version of Windows 2000 or XP... Ben Myers

On Dec 6, 3:03 pm, Ben Myers <ben_my...@charter.net> wrote:

>
> To be realistic, you may have come up against limitations of either
> Windows 98SE or the DeskJet 812, neither of which was designed to handle
> such a large photo/bitmap. I would bet that Windows is simply running
> out of memory and choking on the large amount of data to be printed.
> How much memory in your computer? If not the maximum of 512MB supported
> by Windows 98SE, a memory upgrade is worth a try before replacing an old
> computer and operating system with something capable of handling a large
> photo, e.g. a Pentium 4-class system with at least 1GB of memory and
> some version of Windows 2000 or XP... Ben Myers

I maxed out this computer at 512mb two years ago. According to the
specs sheet from support.dell.com, it doesn't support any more RAM. I
have 3gb available on the hard drive and the virtual memory settings
are set to "let windows manage my virtual memory settings". If I was
running out of RAM, shouldn't Windows increase the size of my page
file to compensate, or am I thinking of how the NT line handles
things?

I want to take your second suggestion, but I was laid off recently and
can't afford a new computer, and the newer computer I did have died on
me. This is the best I've got to work with.

wrote:
> On Dec 6, 3:03 pm, Ben Myers <ben_my...@charter.net> wrote:
>
>> To be realistic, you may have come up against limitations of either
>> Windows 98SE or the DeskJet 812, neither of which was designed to handle
>> such a large photo/bitmap. I would bet that Windows is simply running
>> out of memory and choking on the large amount of data to be printed.
>> How much memory in your computer? If not the maximum of 512MB supported
>> by Windows 98SE, a memory upgrade is worth a try before replacing an old
>> computer and operating system with something capable of handling a large
>> photo, e.g. a Pentium 4-class system with at least 1GB of memory and
>> some version of Windows 2000 or XP... Ben Myers
>
> I maxed out this computer at 512mb two years ago. According to the
> specs sheet from support.dell.com, it doesn't support any more RAM. I
> have 3gb available on the hard drive and the virtual memory settings
> are set to "let windows manage my virtual memory settings". If I was
> running out of RAM, shouldn't Windows increase the size of my page
> file to compensate, or am I thinking of how the NT line handles
> things?
>
> I want to take your second suggestion, but I was laid off recently and
> can't afford a new computer, and the newer computer I did have died on
> me. This is the best I've got to work with.

Right. Most Pentium 3 systems built are limited to 512MB of memory by
the Intel 810 or 815 chipset most common in P3s. Dell used Intel
chipsets exclusively in its P3s.

Windows 98's management of virtual memory is primitive, and I'm being
kind in saying so. Having only 3GB available hard drive space may be
problematic. I have no idea any more exactly how Win 98 manages virtual
memory or what the maximum virtual memory is under Win 98. As a last
ditch possibility, you might try your own virtual memory settings, up to
the max allowed by Win 98.

What sort of better computer died? There may be the possibility of an
inexpensive repair.

.... Ben Myers

On Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:34:24 -0500, Ben Myers <> wrote:

> wrote:
>> On Dec 6, 3:03 pm, Ben Myers <ben_my...@charter.net> wrote:
>>

>> I want to take your second suggestion, but I was laid off recently and
>> can't afford a new computer, and the newer computer I did have died on
>> me. This is the best I've got to work with.
>
>Right. Most Pentium 3 systems built are limited to 512MB of memory by
>the Intel 810 or 815 chipset most common in P3s. Dell used Intel
>chipsets exclusively in its P3s.

I have a Pentium 3 system with 1.25 GB RAM and I did have one with
8 gigs RAM. I had to enable 34 bit mode in Server 2003 for it to see
more than 4 gigs.

>... Ben Myers

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