"VMError - makepattern" Error Printing to PostScript Printer

Last reviewed: August 22, 1995
Article ID: Q132825

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you send a print job to a PostScript printer, the following error page is printed:

   ERROR: VMerror
   OFFENDING COMMAND: makepattern
   STACK:

CAUSE

The printer does not have enough memory to process the document you wanted to print.

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, do one of the following:

Add more memory to the printer.
Print one page at a time to reduce printer memory requirements.

KBCategory: kbprint kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: posfest win95
Additional reference words: 95

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Last reviewed: August 22, 1995
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