Brian, Thanks, Colby Siemer at Altium has me going down this path but I am having problems deleting one of the drivers (Hmm...could be the problem child?)
My thanks, Steve Smith, C.I.D. > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Guralnick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 4:42 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel 99SE crashes when Printing PCB > > > Ohhh boy, this is an oldy..... > > I cant remember what was done to fix the problem, but, if you > search the > [PEDA] archives for printer driver & crash, you will find a bundle of > issues. > > I do remember that Protel had some problems with true > post-script thru laser > printer drivers. > > > 1 fix I remember was to delete all your printer drivers from > the control > panel & install this win-PDF printer driver from: > > http://www.daneprairie.com/ > > After loading / printing to pdf / saving you project, > re-install your true > printer driver & Protel should stop crashing when printing in > the future. > > _____________ > Brian Guralnick > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 2:21 PM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel 99SE crashes when Printing PCB > > > I've never personally experienced this problem, but I do rememeber a > ways back when folks were talking about updated Jet drivers for > print-related Protel chokes...Maybe Ian W., Brian G., Ivan, > Mike Reagan, > or Joe might know more...??? (or perhaps Daren Moore or Geoff Harland, > but I don't think Geoff's posted since being acquired by ProtAltium) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steve Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 1:43 PM > > To: Protel EDA Forum > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel 99SE crashes when Printing PCB > > > > > > I installed Protel on another system (same type box) > > temporarily just to see if it had the same problem. No, the > > problem did not duplicate itself. I lowered the acceleration > > of my card and it still crashes. I am just going to have to > > reinstall - oh joy. Thanks for the help. > > > > > > Steve Smith, C.I.D. > > Product Engineer > > > > Staco Energy Products Co. > > Web Site: www.stacoenergy.com > > & www.stacopower.com > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Harry Selfridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 12:37 PM > > > To: Protel EDA Forum > > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel 99SE crashes when Printing PCB > > > > > > > > > Steve, > > > > > > Two things come to mind that you might try. > > > > > > First - make sure your printer driver is current. There have > > > been numerous > > > problems that have been traced back to the printer driver. > > > Second (and not so obvious) - the video driver may be causing > > > the crash. I > > > had similar problems a long time ago, and found that I had to > > > back off the > > > hardware acceleration of my graphics card to stop the crashes > > > in Protel99SE. > > > > > > At 05:35 AM 3/12/04, you wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > > > > > >Yesterday 99SE SP6 started crashing when I tried to get to a > > > print preview > > > >of a pc board. > > > >Whenever I try to do a print preview it displays: > > > > > > > >Access Violation at Address OCC4E544 in Module "PCBPrint.... > > > > > > > >This happens for different boards in different databases. I > > > have tried > > > >replacing the PCBPrint.dll > > > >and the CLIENT99SE.exe to no effect. I am about to > > > reinstall but would > > > >prefer not to. > > > > > > > >Any Ideas? > > > snip * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
