Floating Point Error when printing to HP 2600n

[Anthony Nasca]

I see in borland.public.cppbuilder there is a piece of code to tell the
system to igonor Floating Point Overflow when printing.

Is there an equivelent for dephi 5 and how and where would I write it?

Here is the reported problem:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1028403

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Post by Anthony Nasca
I see in borland.public.cppbuilder there is a piece of code to tell the
system to igonor Floating Point Overflow when printing.
Is there an equivelent for dephi 5 and how and where would I write it?
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1028403
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Ken Flanagan
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Ken Flanagan
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Re: HP LaserJet 2600N Floating Point Overflow
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05-07-2009 10:51 AM
Delphi fix:

procedure SecureFpu;
begin
Set8087CW(Default8087CW or $3F);
end;

Works on all my Delphi applications...


Source:
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Printers-LaserJet/HP-LaserJet-2600N-Floating-Point-Overflow/td-p/663351#.U0KJc6L5IQI