[aclug-L] Re: multi-function printer errors

[ironrose <ironrose@xxxxxxx>]

The win98se resources are too low.  Anything below 75% and the win98se 
becomes very glitchy.  Have you tried running msconfig to streamline the 
programs running in the background.  Do you have an anti-spyware program 
to run?  Are you getting the same printer errors with different programs 
or just one program?

Another possible direction--Have you tried running this multi-function 
printer on another computer or a different os?  I have a friend who has 
one of these Brother multi-function 'pos' printers and she has had lot 
of problems with it. 

Another option--Do you have another blank hard drive?  If you do, 
disconnect the current hard drive to protect her data and install 
win98se on the blank hard drive and then install the printer drivers and 
her graphics program.  Do you get the same errors?  The problem might be 
the win98se load that she currently has.

DAVID CARMICHAEL wrote:

>System has 512mb [the motherboards max] installed.
>When trying to print the system resources say 65%
>
>As I changed the printer settings to print directly to
>the printer and not to use the spooler _AND_ to not
>start printing till the full job had been spooled...
>the printer stopped printing at the same points in the
>print job??
>
>I have sent as many as ten single page jobs and all
>ten printed with out any trouble...
>
>But the printer will not print even one two page job
>with out locking up!
>
>I am starting to think that there is something wrong
>with the design of the printer... 
>
>But if that was so I am sure that I would be reading
>all sorts of 'bad posting' in the printer forums.. as
>OfficeMax [and Staples] has had this printer on sale
>for the past three months and my wife was told she was
>the first person to exchange the printer to the 'North
>Rock' OfficeMax, and I talked to the manager at the
>'East Kellogg' OfficeMax and he claims to not had a
>single one of the Brother printers returned, yet he
>claims to of had a number of "HP's & Lexmark's" return
>as non-working....
>
>On another topic... sales and lack of stock and
>non-rain check!
>Newspaper did not get delivered to my house till 11am
>Sunday am.. Wife saw the "$199.00" CompUSA system. We
>check both the phone stock and online stock status and
>the item is listed as in stock.. so just to make sure
>before we drove I called the store directly and was
>told that the store was not connected to the stocking
>system and they only had five of the systems which
>were sold out when the store opened at 9am... But
>called back and spoke to a different clerk a few hours
>later and was told "...the manager would only allow us
>to sell five on sale but have 15 in stock...which is
>why the stock status is stating the item is in
>stock..." While the addvert says "Limited to stock on
>hand" is this leagl?? 
>
>--David
>
>
>
>--- ironrose <ironrose@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>How much ram is on this computer and what is the
>>percentage of resources 
>>are free?  ~Anne
>>
>>DAVID CARMICHAEL wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Done
>>>[X] "... Cleanup the temp directory (manually
>>>      
>>>
>>delete
>>    
>>
>>>all *.tmp files)..."
>>>
>>>[X] "...and run defrag again in safe mode..."
>>>
>>>[X] "...Have you tried using the parallel port
>>>instead?..." 
>>>    [Not an option USB only printer]   
>>>
>>>[?] "...Sounds like the print buffer is too full or
>>>win98se is unable to handle the very large size of
>>>      
>>>
>>the
>>    
>>
>>>print spool files that the brother printer is
>>>producing..." 
>>>    [Any way to adjust this in Win98se through a
>>>patch/hack? Send the spool to another drive?] 
>>>
>>>[!] "...Have you considered upgrading to win2k?..."
>>>      
>>>
>>>    [Do not want to purchase new "OS" yet. And the
>>>XP-Home-"UPGRADE" co$t$ would rather spend toward
>>>      
>>>
>>new
>>    
>>
>>>system in the next two months] 
>>>
>>>[! The PCI->USB2.0 card can be used in other
>>>      
>>>
>>systems
>>    
>>
>>>in the house so it was not a total waste of $15 to
>>>      
>>>
>>try
>>    
>>
>>>it out.]
>>>
>>>
>>>--- ironrose <ironrose@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Sounds like the print buffer is too full or
>>>>        
>>>>
>>win98se
>>    
>>
>>>>is unable to handle 
>>>>the very large size of the print spool files that
>>>>the brother printer is 
>>>>producing.  Cleanup the temp directory (manually
>>>>delete all *.tmp files) 
>>>>and run defrag again in safe mode.  Have you tried
>>>>using the parallel 
>>>>port instead?  Win98se doesn't handle usb well at
>>>>all and the usb is 
>>>>choking on the amount of data it is being fed. 
>>>>Win2k handles usb much 
>>>>better and is much more stable than win98se.  Have
>>>>you considered 
>>>>upgrading to win2k?  ~Anne
>>>>
>>>>DAVID CARMICHAEL wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>I live in my own little world. But it's OK. They
>>>      
>>>
>>know me here.
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