Re: lj4p/win2k pro: no form feeds

Chris,

How much memory is installed in the LJ4+ ? I can't speak for the test page,
but often a printer shows strange symptoms when it does not have enough memory
to hold the page image and all the stacked up commands and data at the same
time. Add to this the fact that Windows printer drivers have become ever more
bloated and inefficient with each Windows release, and you have a case for
upgrading the internal printer memory. You do not need HP-branded memory, only
high quality fast-page mode 72-pin SIMM memory, 4MB, 8MB or 16MB in capacity,
and conforming to the industry JEDEC standard. 72-pin SIMMs are cheap.

As a test, set up the printer resolution for 300 dpi in the driver, rather than
the 600 dpi default. If your stuff prints at 300 dpi but not 600 dpi, upgrade
the memory... Ben Myers

On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 20:31:05 -0700, "Chris Cowles" <> wrote:

>I recently installed Win2K Pro on my home machine to which an LJ4P is
>connected on LPT1:. It always worked fine on previous Win OS's. Recently, in
>2K, the Windows graphic on the test page was quite coarse and out of
>proportion, and other documents with graphic lines (Word or PDF tables,
>etc.) were total trash.
>
>I deleted the printer and re-installed it. Now it prints everything okay but
>doesn't send form feeds. Documents a page and a half long print the second
>half at the top of the first page. If I print each page separately it looks
>fine. Obviously, that's not a reasonable workaround.
>
>Any suggestions to correct this?
>--
>Chris Cowles,
>Gainesville, FL
>
>
>

It has 2MB, but it's not a 4Plus, it's a 4P, as in Personal. It was the SOHO
market laser printer of the time.

The graphics stuff was resolved by reinstall. The problem I have no is no
form feeds on page breaks.
--
Chris Cowles,
Gainesville, FL

"Ben Myers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Chris,
>
> How much memory is installed in the LJ4+ ? I can't speak for the test
page,
> but often a printer shows strange symptoms when it does not have enough
memory
> to hold the page image and all the stacked up commands and data at the
same
> time. Add to this the fact that Windows printer drivers have become ever
more
> bloated and inefficient with each Windows release, and you have a case for
> upgrading the internal printer memory. You do not need HP-branded memory,
only
> high quality fast-page mode 72-pin SIMM memory, 4MB, 8MB or 16MB in
capacity,
> and conforming to the industry JEDEC standard. 72-pin SIMMs are cheap.
>
> As a test, set up the printer resolution for 300 dpi in the driver, rather
than
> the 600 dpi default. If your stuff prints at 300 dpi but not 600 dpi,
upgrade
> the memory... Ben Myers
>
> On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 20:31:05 -0700, "Chris Cowles" <> wrote:
>
> >I recently installed Win2K Pro on my home machine to which an LJ4P is
> >connected on LPT1:. It always worked fine on previous Win OS's. Recently,
in
> >2K, the Windows graphic on the test page was quite coarse and out of
> >proportion, and other documents with graphic lines (Word or PDF tables,
> >etc.) were total trash.
> >
> >I deleted the printer and re-installed it. Now it prints everything okay
but
> >doesn't send form feeds. Documents a page and a half long print the
second
> >half at the top of the first page. If I print each page separately it
looks
> >fine. Obviously, that's not a reasonable workaround.
> >
> >Any suggestions to correct this?
> >--
> >Chris Cowles,
> >Gainesville, FL
> >
> >
> >
>