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AST RESEARCH, INC.         TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1377               12-28-95

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	  Advantage! Adventure Printing On-Line Manuals on HP Printer


PROBLEM

When the Advantage! Adventure system attempts to print the On-Line manual on 
an HP Deskjet printer (500, 600, 800 series), half of the document is printed 
and the system locks up.


CAUSE

VEBE.EXE causes an illegal function call closing the application and 
interrupting the printing process.  The engine to print these manuals has a 
conflict with the HP Deskjet printer driver.


SOLUTION

Update the program that handles this function with version 1.0.21. 
The necessary files, 

     VEBEDSK1.EXE
     VEBEDSK2.EXE
     VEBEDSK3.EXE
     VEBEDSK4.EXE

can be found on AST's BBS (817) 230-6850.  AST's BBS supports modem 
speeds up to 28.8k bps.  The above files will also be posted on: 

CompuServe 
Go ASTSUPPORT

AST Worldwide Web Site
http://www.ast.com


SYSTEMS AFFECTED
AST PART NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION

501692-XXX      Advantage! Adventure 4075p
501766-XXX      Advantage! 610/611
501768-XXX      Advantage! 614
501769-XXX      Advantage! 814
501794-XXX      Advantage! 816/818
501829-XXX      Advnatage! 810/811
501839-XXX      Advantage! 610/611
501855-XXX      Advantage! 612
501856-XXX      Advantage! 812