Microsoft KB Archive/68595

Works Err Msg: Cannot Save File or Print on LPTx

PSS ID Number: Q68595 Article last modified on 06-12-1996

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MS-DOS

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In Microsoft Works for DOS version 2.0, this error message may appear when you try to save a file to a disk or printing a file to a printer:

Cannot Save File or Print on LPTx:

The following are possible causes of the error message:

  If the error message appears while attempting to save a file, you may have reached the maximum number of files on the target disk.   The error message may appear if the printer’s buffer cannot receive data as quickly as Works sends it. The resulting buffer overflow causes Works to cancel printing. To avoid this problem, invoke the MS-DOS Mode command from within your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, or enter the following command at the MS-DOS prompt before printing: mode lptx:,,p where “x” is 1, 2, or 3, depending on which parallel port your printer is connected to. The “p” stands for perpetual retry, meaning that information is continuously sent to the printer until it can all be processed. Note: The Mode command must be placed after the PATH statement and before any menuing programs in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. If the problem persists, check the printer’s connection. At the DOS prompt, enter the following command: copy c:.bat lpt1: The printer should print the current AUTOEXEC.BAT file from the hard disk. This test must work before Works will print.   You have a dual floppy system and a write-protected the working copy of Works and are unable to write .TMP files to the working copy. 

KBCategory: kbprint KBSubcategory: dworkskb

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