Author: Jeff Johnson
Posted: 2013-09-16 13:10:14 Link
Well, it happened again. He printed fine for one week and this week it
did the same thing of dropping lines and not resetting fonts. Again,
the text file is perfectly formatted, but the print out is not right. I
am having him check the power saving settings and make sure they are
turned off.
What would be the best way of checking his RAM?
TIA
Jeff
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On 09/06/2013 03:32 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> That did it! If I leave my Windows machine on for more than three or
> four days it starts slowing down. He was sure he shut it down for
> Thanksgiving dinner! ;^)
>
> Thanks for all your help everyone!
>
> Jeff
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> On 09/06/2013 02:48 PM, AndyHC wrote:
>> Then it's kruft!
>> imho you can do that with *nix but not windows - not even the server
>> versions.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 07/09/2013 02:47, Jeff Johnson wrote:
>>> ..... He does not remember the last time he shut off this computer.
>>> It is possible it is up to a year.
>>>
>> <snip>
>>
>
>
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Author: Ted Roche
Posted: 2013-09-16 13:22:59 Link
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Jeff Johnson <jeff@san-dc.com> wrote:
>
> What would be the best way of checking his RAM?
>
>
Ask him who was elected President in 1948?
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Author: Ted Roche
Posted: 2013-09-16 13:26:12 Link
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Jeff Johnson <jeff@san-dc.com> wrote:
> Well, it happened again. He printed fine for one week and this week it
> did the same thing of dropping lines and not resetting fonts. Again, the
> text file is perfectly formatted, but the print out is not right. I am
> having him check the power saving settings and make sure they are turned
> off.
>
And has he turned off the computer and printer and turned it on again?
Forgive me if I don't recall the details. I do recall that the machine has
been left on for years, and that there is no internet connectivity and no
updates to this machine, both poor practices, imo.
I, and others on the forum, suggested a bunch of testing on the computer,
including defragging and clearing temporary file locations, checking for
free space, etc.
Most live Linux CDs have a memtest program for the PC. It would probably
also be a good idea to boot into Linux and check to see if there are any
SMART warnings for the hard drive.
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Author: Jeff Johnson
Posted: 2013-09-16 13:32:03 Link
On 09/16/2013 11:26 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Jeff Johnson <jeff@san-dc.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, it happened again. He printed fine for one week and this week it
>> did the same thing of dropping lines and not resetting fonts. Again, the
>> text file is perfectly formatted, but the print out is not right. I am
>> having him check the power saving settings and make sure they are turned
>> off.
>>
> And has he turned off the computer and printer and turned it on again?
>
> Forgive me if I don't recall the details. I do recall that the machine has
> been left on for years, and that there is no internet connectivity and no
> updates to this machine, both poor practices, imo.
>
> I, and others on the forum, suggested a bunch of testing on the computer,
> including defragging and clearing temporary file locations, checking for
> free space, etc.
>
> Most live Linux CDs have a memtest program for the PC. It would probably
> also be a good idea to boot into Linux and check to see if there are any
> SMART warnings for the hard drive.
>
>
Thomas Dewey of course. Everyone knows that!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Defeats_Truman
After last time he did all of those things before calling me. The only
thing we haven't checked is RAM.
Thanks,
Jeff
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Author: Allen
Posted: 2013-09-16 13:44:25 Link
Ask ewe :)
Al
-----Original Message-----
Well, it happened again. He printed fine for one week and this week it did
the same thing of dropping lines and not resetting fonts. Again, the text
file is perfectly formatted, but the print out is not right. I am having
him check the power saving settings and make sure they are turned off.
What would be the best way of checking his RAM?
TIA
Jeff
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Author: Allen
Posted: 2013-09-16 13:47:38 Link
Not a screen saver is it?
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Sent: 16 September 2013 20:32
To: profoxtech@leafe.com
Subject: Re: Rawprint Not Printing File Correctly - UN - Resolved
On 09/16/2013 11:26 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Jeff Johnson <jeff@san-dc.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, it happened again. He printed fine for one week and this week
>> it did the same thing of dropping lines and not resetting fonts.
>> Again, the text file is perfectly formatted, but the print out is not
>> right. I am having him check the power saving settings and make sure
>> they are turned off.
>>
> And has he turned off the computer and printer and turned it on again?
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Author: jerry foote
Posted: 2013-09-16 14:15:32 Link
I had a problem with printer dropping data and it turned out that there was
micro corrosion on/in the female connector. I had to repeatedly plug and
unplug the cables to clear up the problem.
Jerry
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Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 1:48 PM
To: profox@leafe.com
Subject: RE: Rawprint Not Printing File Correctly - UN - Resolved
Not a screen saver is it?
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From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Jeff
Johnson
Sent: 16 September 2013 20:32
To: profoxtech@leafe.com
Subject: Re: Rawprint Not Printing File Correctly - UN - Resolved
On 09/16/2013 11:26 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Jeff Johnson <jeff@san-dc.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, it happened again. He printed fine for one week and this week
>> it did the same thing of dropping lines and not resetting fonts.
>> Again, the text file is perfectly formatted, but the print out is not
>> right. I am having him check the power saving settings and make sure
>> they are turned off.
>>
> And has he turned off the computer and printer and turned it on again?
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Author: Dan Covill
Posted: 2013-09-16 15:21:28 Link
On 09/16/13 11:10 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> Well, it happened again. He printed fine for one week and this week it
> did the same thing of dropping lines and not resetting fonts. Again,
> the text file is perfectly formatted, but the print out is not right. I
> am having him check the power saving settings and make sure they are
> turned off.
The first time, I mentioned the likelihood of a problem with Virtual
Memory. The way spooling works, the text file is read in in its
entirety and then parcelled out to the printer. Where is it read into?
RAM, which means with a large file it goes to the VM swapfile.
If you have an intermittent problem with the disk the swapfile is on,
then you could easily save part of the spool and fail on the read that
tries to bring it back, which would cause exactly what you're seeing -
missing pieces of the printout.
AFAIK, the VM (swapfile) is cleared out completely ONLY on a restart.
If the allocation tables on the VM get munged, the problem will continue
until you reboot. I note that when you reboot the problem goes away
(for a time).
I would look at the SMART data for the disk drive the VM is on.
I use DiskCheckup (v3.1) from PassMark, free for personal use.
Gives you lots of very useful numbers (including number of boots,
powerups, etc. etc.
Dan Covill
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Author: Jeff Johnson
Posted: 2013-09-16 16:29:55 Link
Jerry: This makes sense in this situation. I am having him cycle the
LPT card as well as the cable at both ends and we will see.
Thanks,
Jeff
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On 09/16/2013 12:15 PM, jerry foote wrote:
> I had a problem with printer dropping data and it turned out that there was
> micro corrosion on/in the female connector. I had to repeatedly plug and
> unplug the cables to clear up the problem.
> Jerry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Allen
> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 1:48 PM
> To: profox@leafe.com
> Subject: RE: Rawprint Not Printing File Correctly - UN - Resolved
>
> Not a screen saver is it?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Jeff
> Johnson
> Sent: 16 September 2013 20:32
> To: profoxtech@leafe.com
> Subject: Re: Rawprint Not Printing File Correctly - UN - Resolved
>
> On 09/16/2013 11:26 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Jeff Johnson <jeff@san-dc.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, it happened again. He printed fine for one week and this week
>>> it did the same thing of dropping lines and not resetting fonts.
>>> Again, the text file is perfectly formatted, but the print out is not
>>> right. I am having him check the power saving settings and make sure
>>> they are turned off.
>>>
>> And has he turned off the computer and printer and turned it on again?
>
>
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Author: Man-wai Chang
Posted: 2013-09-17 09:31:39 Link
Memtest86 (and Memtest86+) is the most famous one:
And the Win Vi$ta/7/8 installation DVDs come with Window$ Memory
Diagnostic as boot options.
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 2:10 AM, Jeff Johnson <jeff@san-dc.com> wrote:
> What would be the best way of checking his RAM?
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