Re: Dell Printer: "Lack of resources"

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It sounds like the Dell printer driver is the culprit. Perhaps an
"emulation" driver can be used if the Dell printer will emulate a generic
Postscript or HP printer.
"Curtis Justus" <sure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:exjFULcbFHA.612@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> We have a Dell W5300n printer. We are using it as a report printer, so
> there is a process that takes HTML documents and rapidly fires them to the
> printer. After about 50-100 reports are printed out, our program crashes
> and we get the following error when trying to view the printing
> preferences for that printer:
>
> "Printer operation cannot continue due to lack of resources."
>
> We also cannot print to that printer using Office or Explorer after this
> takes place.
>
> There is another Dell W5300n printer configured on the same server. That
> printer experiences the same symptoms as the first one. After we
> encounter these problems, we need to reboot the server to clear up the
> problem.
>
> My first thought is that our program caused the problem. However, we are
> able to run the process using one of the three HP printers we use and
> there aren't any problems. We also have a "printer" that generates PDF
> files and that "printer" works fine as well.
>
> After the corruption on the print server, other workstations and printers
> are able to print to that printer queue on that server without any
> problems.
>
> I'm thinking that there might be something wrong with the local printer
> driver. I don't know what it would be. We are running Win2K SP4 with all
> of the latest service packs.
>
> Does anybody have any thoughts what the issue could be?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> cj
>


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