Re: Print problem

Posted by webmaster Guido on April 16, 2002

In Reply to: Print problem posted by Michael on April 03, 2002 at 14:55:27:

: I got a problem when using the Printing Components Version 2.2 (from www.devexpress.com) in Delphi 6.
: I have written a simple test application to preview and print a component
: i.e dxDBGrid, dxDBTreeView. My "HP Color LaserJet"-printer works fine with
: the application, but when I try to use another printer "HP LaserJet 8100" I
: get an error message. Both printers works with other applications i.e MS
: Word.

: Error Message:
: "Initialization of the dynamic link library
: C:\WINNT\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\2\HPBFDF0.DLL failed. The process is
: termination abnormally"

I've seen this problem many times before with Delphi and HP printers. Some of their drivers seem not to behave the "standard" way, although they always are optimized for MS products --that's why it works with MS Word.

Installing a new (improved & revised) driver often cured HP printer problems. Of course, this is not an option with a newly releases printer model, so in that case installing an old backwards compatible driver is the only solution.