Canon LBP-8 II Printer Err Msg: 21 Complex Data (86532)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows 3.11

This article was previously published under Q86532

SYMPTOMS

When you print a full page of text in landscape mode from Microsoft Windows 3.1, the Canon LPB-8 II printer may display the following error message and stop printing:
21 Complex Data

WORKAROUND

Changing the Graphics setting to 150 x 150 may correct this problem. However, the document will print in a lower resolution. To change this setting, do the following:
  1. Run Control Panel.
  2. Choose the Printers icon.
  3. Select the Canon LPB-8 II printer, and choose the Setup button.
  4. Under Graphics, select 150 x 150.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Canon LBP-8 II printer driver version 3.09. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Printing in landscape mode on the Canon LBP-8 II may result in the above message when the text being printed is more than half a page in length. A document in landscape mode that contains less than half a page of text should print normally.

Printing in portrait mode does not seem to be a problem. Disabling Print Manager, the Fast Printing Direct To Port option, or TrueType fonts seems to have no effect on this problem.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/10/2003
Keywords:KB86532