PS errors printing slides, Vista, 07, need compatible printer list

[Don Grier]

Our school has Office 2007 Pro Academic Open license edition updated to SP1
on Dell Vostros running Vista Home basic. Most times, when a student sends a
powerPoint project to the printer, we get a printed Postcript error on our
network Samsung ML-2152n 's. The error is as follows

ERROR: limitcheck
OFFENDING COMMAND: eofill

STACK:

We get the same error using the Samsung Vista PCL 6, Postscript and GDI
(also PCL) drivers. We don't get the error from XP SP2 machines running
Office 07. I understand the error indicates the document is too complex to
fit in printer memory. The presentations are straight out of the textbook
and not very complex. I've installed the PDF export module, which "flattens"
the document and expidites printing (I'm used to exporting to PDF from
InDesign, PhotoShop for the Mac). The instructor says the students are still
getting errors, which indicates the students aren't willing to use the
workaround.

The admin wants to buy new printers for the lab anyway. How much buffer
memory do I need to print any presentation without errors or the workaround?
Can anyone recommend a specific model of monochrome network laser that you
have used without problems with Vista and Office 07.

 

[Dale]

Don,

I don't have the experience with Vista, but our entire corporation runs on
HP models
4240N 4250N for B&W and 4700N for color jobs. Never gotten an error and my
users have cranked some pretty intense jobs into these units.
Hope that helps.

Dale

 

[Don Grier]

Thanks for the feedback. Steve, I'll try to ID the offending graphic, but
all these prjects are out of a textbook and I doubt the instructor will want
to modify them. As far as I can tell, my export to Acrobat workaround always
works (the number of students printing appears to be a factor), but my
instructions got erased from the board and even my student assistant didn't
know about it.

I'll see if the text publisher has a forum, if it is in the graphics that
come with the book (Office 07 oriented), I'd think other schools would have
encountered the error. I'm puzzled that it doesn't effect the Office 07/XP
workstations.

The admin wants to shift the Samsungs to another room anyway. I just wanted
to make sure their wasn't a list of printers know to be more compatible with
07 before ordering new ones.