WINDOWS PRINTING BUG

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Why not get modern with a new ink jet, $30.00 or less sometimes and your
problem is solved. Does it take an hour to print one line..?

"FRUSTRATED!" <mark.mickelsen@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> When I set up VS to use a fixed width font with my dot matrix printer so
> that it will send ASCII characters to the printer and speed up printing,
VS
> sends the first three or four lines as ASCII characters and then just
starts
> sending binary data that the printer can't print. Nothing more of the
> listing gets printed. If I switch to the Generic/Text-Only printer
driver,
> then VS sends the first three or four lines as ASCII characters and then
> just stops sending anything else!
> There is something really wrong with Visual Studio and character oriented
> printing. It isn't a problem with the printer and doesn't appear to be a
> problem with the driver since it happens with several different printer
> drivers. Does anyone know what is wrong and/or how to fix it or get
around
> it?
>
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