my script steps will not print (error -192)

[dabombsmom]

I have to update a complex series of related databases. I want to print or, better yet, save to a Word file, all the script steps in 4 databases.

I must be insane, because I keep trying the same thing and expecting different results. Oh well, we computer wonks are insane, aren't we? I'll speak for myself. After spooling 21 pages, I repeatedly get the error message that FileMaker can't complete the printing (error -192).

I need to see these script steps to remind myself what I worked so hard on last year.

BTW, I was able to save one script to a postscript file, but not the second, and definitely not all at once. And when I tried to open the postscript file, the computer prompted me to select an application. I chose Microsoft word and got a lot of gibberish (possibly the actual code that FileMaker translates into English?).

Help. I'm going to miss my deadline!

BTGT

[Vaughan]

If you print to postscript, that's what you'll get: postscript. Postscript is not text, it's a printer page description language. Word cannot read it (well it can open it because PS is ACSII text but it's not human readable as such) maybe Illustrator can but I doubt it.

Try analyzer lite from http://www.wmotion.com

Regarding the error -192, is it an FMP error or an OS printer driver error? Error -192 isn't listed in the FMP help. Error 600 is FMP's "Print error has occurred" code.

[ August 28, 2001: Message edited by: Vaughan ]

[dabombsmom]

It's a printer error. My MacWorld Secrets book says errors from -185 to -199 are resource manager errors (problems managing data). That's not a big help.

Now for some reason I'm able to print one script at a time (one whole sheet of paper per script, 50 scripts!), but every now and then I get the -192 error and the print spool box remains on the screen until I close the file or quit the program.

I'm going to restart again (re-re-restart?) and get to work.

I tried saving it as an EPS file and opening it in Photoshop. I got only the first page (one script) and I'm such a Photoshop novice I don't know how to convert it to text anyway.

Thanks

BTGT

[BobWeaver]

My guess is that you don't have enough memory assigned to the printer driver. If you do a 'get info' on your desktop printer icon, you can bump up the memory allocation. Give it lots of memory. This tends to solve a lot of printing problems.

I have a Filemaker script that imports a postscript file and reformats the FM scripts into text fields. If I can remember where I put it, I will email you a copy.

[dabombsmom]

Thanks. I put the minimum memory to 350 (the recommended size) and the preferred to 500k. We'll see if it helps. meanwhile I managed to print all the scripts one at a time--what a waste of paper/trees!

btgt

[BobWeaver]

My experience is that even the recommended memory size tends to be too small sometimes. I usually double it or triple it. For example, a friend of mine recommends bumping print driver memory up to at least 1500 when you print from Acrobat reader.

BTW, I located my script formatter database but it seems to be incompatible with the latest postscript driver. I will fix it when I have time. What it does is import a postscript file into filemaker as raw postscript, and then parses through it to extract the script text. It works well when it works, but I guess Analyzer lite should do that anyway.