PRB: Epson Stylus Color 850 (AT) Driver Hangs FoxPro

ID: Q191635

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.6a

SYMPTOMS

FoxPro 2.6a for the Macintosh hangs when you attempt to print with the Epson Stylus Color 850 (AT) 5.10A driver.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The Epson Stylus Color 850 (AT) 5.10A driver is a network printer driver. This behavior does not happen with the Epson Stylus Color 850 driver, the single-user version of the same driver. Furthermore, this behavior does not happen in Visual FoxPro 3.b for the Macintosh.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Install the Epson Stylus Color 850 (AT) driver and set it as the default Macintosh printer.

Start FoxPro 2.6a and create a report named Ztest. Make sure that the report uses the Epson Stylus Color 850 (AT) driver as the default.

Type the following command in the Command window:


      REPORT FORM Ztest TO PRINT

The desktop and the Command window of FoxPro 2.6a change color, the message "Now spooling the document 'FoxPro'." may appear and the computer hangs.

This behavior also occurs if you attempt to print using the Print menu bar of the File menu pad.

Additional query words: kb3rdparty kbMAC kbPrinting


Keywords          : kb3rdparty 
Version           : MACINTOSH:2.6a
Platform          : MACINTOSH 
Issue type        : kbprb