Latest driver might fix it too.
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Keith Sibbert
PSG Product Support, Americas
WW Support & Services, Autodesk
Discussion Q&A: http://www.autodesk.com/discussion
Chapman Huffman wrote:
> I was thinking I'd be "smart" and get the latest driver for the 750C from HP
> and install it... all of our printers are HP's...i'll run the system file
> checker and see. Fingers crossed.
>
> Keith Sibbert [Autodesk Support] wrote in
> message news:38060B77.E680A421@autodesk.com...
> > Chapman,
> >
> > I am beginning to think that the 750C driver you added may have placed a
> bad
> > file on the system that is being used by another printer as well. You
> might try
> > using the system file checker in Win98 to see if there is something that
> was
> > changed when you installed this driver that might be affecting this. Float
> > errors are generally driver related. If you can't find anything that way,
> you
> > may want to try to reinstall your other printers with updated drivers or
> just
> > remove them and reinstall in hopes this will overwrite the problem file. I
> don't
> > think a reinstallation of AutoCAD LT 98 will help but if all else fails
> you can
> > certainly try it. I would suggest you completely delete the AutoCAD LT 98
> folder
> > (after moving any needed drawing files to a different set of folders)
> prior to
> > reinstalling.
> >
> > --
> > Keith Sibbert
> > PSG Product Support, Americas
> > WW Support & Services, Autodesk
> > Discussion Q&A: http://www.autodesk.com/discussion
> >
> >
> > Chapman Huffman wrote:
> >
> > > Tried that and it looks like it reset the printer configurations. Only
> > > problem is now when I print to any printer I get the "Regenerating" bar
> > > (like normal) for about a second then another "FATAL ERROR - unhandled
> float
> > > invalid operation exception at 53f136h" and it bombs me out of the
> program.
> > >
> > > Think a reload of the LT98 upgrade will help any?
> > >
> > > Keith Sibbert [Autodesk Support] wrote
> in
> > > message news:3804FBF9.714C5B07@autodesk.com...
> > > > Chapman,
> > > >
> > > > Try renaming the ACLT5.CFG file in the AutoCAD LT 98 folder to
> ACLT5.OLD.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Keith Sibbert
> > > > PSG Product Support, Americas
> > > > WW Support & Services, Autodesk
> > > > Discussion Q&A: http://www.autodesk.com/discussion
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Chapman Huffman wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I'm getting a "FATAL ERROR - Unhandled float invalid operation
> exception
> > > at
> > > > > 47a9e4h" whenever I try to print out of AutoCAD Lt98. I noticed
> this
> > > today
> > > > > when I added a plotter (HP 750C Plus) driver to my Windows 98
> > > configuration.
> > > > > Now whenever I try to print to any printer (over a network to
> plotter,
> > > to a
> > > > > HP4000N laser, and a HP 4/4M laser) I get this weird message. I
> > > uninstalled
> > > > > the plotter from my system in hopes that it was ausing a problem but
> to
> > > no
> > > > > avail. I'd rather not uninstall LT98 and lose all my config
> settings
> > > (and
> > > > > it is an upgrade from Lt 95 to Lt97 to Lt98 which is a beast to
> > > reinstall).
> > > > >
> > > > > Everything worked fine printing to the HP4000N laser yesterday. Any
> > > ideas
> > > > > on possible culprits?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > >
> > > > > Chapman Huffman
> > > > > chiph@branchgroup.com
> > > >
> >