OSPRPOLL - HOW TO DISABLE POLLING IN OS/2 WARP FOR PRINTING
10/21/94

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HOW TO DISABLE POLLING IN OS/2 WARP FOR PRINTING
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OS/2 WARP Defaults to Polling for printing, rather than using IRQ
settings as in OS/2 2.1, 2.11 and OS/2 for Windows.


SYMPTOMS:
  1. Printing slower than in OS/2 2.1, 2.11 or OS/2 for Windows.

  2. Printing interrupted by other processes, when multi-tasking.

  3. Printing uses excessive CPU resources, shown in the pulse
     utility.
  NOTE:  This may occur in non-microchannel machines.


RESOLUTION:
     To change printing to IRQ 7 for LPT1 and IRQ 5 for LPT2 a
     flag, / (forward slash) is added to the CONFIG.SYS to
     disable the Polling method.


PROCEDURE:
     With a text editor, modify the CONFIG.SYS, type:

           BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS /IRQ

     This disables polling and enables IRQ7 for LPT1 and
     IRQ5 for LPT2.