Epson Printer/Paradox Problem

[chrisfielder]

When attempting to print from paradox to an Epson EPL N2050 network laser printer via TCP/IP paradox produces the following error:-

From a PC on the network while opening a report.

PDXWIN32 caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 0177:bff7e256.
Registers:
EAX=5e7f0000 CS=0177 EIP=bff7e256 EFLGS=00010a87
EBX=00600301 SS=017f ESP=00600000 EBP=006000bc
ECX=5e7f0001 DS=017f ESI=5e7f0000 FS=3f37
EDX=0060003c ES=017f EDI=00600108 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
50 e8 64 e6 ff ff 85 c0 74 12 8b 0d 1c 9c fc bf
Stack dump:
bff7e1c9 5e7f0000 006000bc 00600108 00000026 006003f0 bff8062d 5e7f0000 5e7f0001 00000002 0060003c 00600108 00000026 006003f0 00000000 00000000


From my PC whilst printing a report.

PDXWIN32 caused an invalid page fault in
module PXDSRV32.DLL at 017f:5e22f99a.
Registers:
EAX=006ff744 CS=017f EIP=5e22f99a EFLGS=00010207
EBX=006ff744 SS=0187 ESP=005fffcc EBP=00600000
ECX=006000a8 DS=0187 ESI=8177a028 FS=5a4f
EDX=bff76855 ES=0187 EDI=006000d0 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
53 56 57 8b 45 08 89 45 fc 8b 55 0c 89 55 f8 8b
Stack dump:

It works OK if I use netbui instead of TCP/IP however, lots of other things don't!! I need to use TCP/IP only, and whenever I set up the network printer driver to use TCP/IP it causes Paradox (only) to crash every time it prints from any machine on the LAN.

Any ideas???

Thanks

Chris

 

[Alt255]

I take it that you have configured PDOX to use the correct settings for that printer. My experience has only been with setting up modern printers for use with PDOX 40 (DOS), which was an excessive pain, requiring a lot of experimentation. You might have to play around with the printers available in the Paradox configuation utility to find an acceptable substitute.

Do you have the Paradox network settings configured for TCP/IP only? I didn't realize that would work but it's an interesting tip in itself.

Alt255@Vorpalcom.Intranets.com

"If you can get people to ask the wrong questions, they'll never find the right answers."[tt]
Thomas Pynchon[/tt]

Perhaps the reverse is also true....
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