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Display - Screen Flashing Caused By Printer |
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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
Problem
Symptoms: A customer using an Orchid graphics card in a Sony multisync monitor had trouble with the screen flashing. The customer was using a graphics driver supplied by Orchid. The problem was eliminated if the user selected an IBM 640x480 resolution graphics driver in WordPerfect. However, this change caused the menus at the bottom of the screen to disappear. Solutions: The problem seemed to be caused by the customer's laser printer. The laser printer was located very close to the CPU and the monitor. The printer engine was somehow causing interference/bleeding between the two. Moving the printer at least three feet from the computer eliminated the flashing problem. The user could then use the Orchid-supplied driver without further difficulty. Similar situations can easily be demonstrated by placing a running fan close to a computer monitor. Anything that creates a magnetic field (or any other kind of field that effects electrons) could have a similar effect on a monitor since anything displayed on a monitor is just an electron hitting a phosphor screen. Anything that could deviate the electron from it's intended course will cause display problems. One customer resolved the screen flashing/flickering by unplugging or turning off other things that were plugged into the same place as the monitor. |
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