Printer timeout when printing forms

We recently switched to printing out payroll checks and EFT notices
directly from SAP using the spool output from RFFOUS_C and RFFOUS_T.
The checks/notices use HR forms and SAPscript. During testing we had
no printer timout problems but in the first full production run, the
printout ended after about 1000 pages of an over 2000 page spool job.
The last page was a partial form with some lines drawn but no other
output. The printer indicated that is was finished and ready for the
next output. SAP reported the job was finished but not complete.
The workaround we did was to print the spool by page ranges.
We expect the error
is due to a printer timout between the SAP and printer connection. The
printer has 64mb of memory and we disabled the network timeout on it's
end. The printer is setup in SAP using Host Spool Access Method "U".
The destination host address and the host printer address are both the
IP address of the printer. We have reviewed notes 64628 and 12550 but
the documenation for printer setup is not clear as to the settings. We
have the following questions:
Can the destination host address point to a printer network card
address or should it point to another server address for access
method "U"?
Can the host name be changed to another server than what the SAP spool
is running on for access method "L"?
We would like to leave the SAP spool on the existing server but use the
host spool from a different server for performance reasons.

Turns out the problem was my printer or printer driver.
So I'll take this one off the outstanding list.

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