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From: parisboy@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Ureshisa!)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Scanner attached to Printer???
Date: 28 Jul 92 00:12:52 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

Hi Everyone,

A friend told me that they now have something you attach to where the printer
head is on your line printer and you can turn it into a scanner??? Have y'all
heard of any such creature? Your responses would be appreciated...and I hope
this isn't a FAQ! THANKS!!!
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: strgh@warwick.ac.uk (J E H Shaw)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: DeskJet graphics
Date: 30 Jul 92 12:56:46 GMT
Organization: Computing Services, Warwick University, UK

I'm thinking of getting a DeskJet 500 (not colour) but need to know
what sort of graphics can be sent to it.  Our local supplier hasn't
any technical literature, and I can't find anyone it the University
with a DeskJet.

Specifically, I want to send \TeX output to the printer, with graphics
inserted as \special files.  I've done this on a LaserJet.

Can anyone tell me (roughly) what format the DeskJet accepts for graphics -
e.g. blocks of bitmaps that can be scaled to ???d.p.i. and positioned on
the page, as for a LaserJet.  Ideally I'd like some sort of compression
- does the DeskJet support any form of compressed graphics data?

Please e-mail me; if there's enough interest I'll post a summary.
Many Thanks
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From: lcornell@milton.u.washington.edu (Linda Cornell)
Subject: IBM LaserWriter 10 vs. Epson EPL-7500
Summary: Recommendations Please! 
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 16:41:03 GMT

Hi there, We're looking to buy a decent/fast PostScript "personal" desktop
printer.  The user is currently doing advanced desktop publishing and
complicated graphics.  My investigations seem to point to either the IBM
LaserPrinter 10 (Model 4029-030) and the Epson EPL-7500. 

With all the options that we want, the prices are about the same (courtesy
of educational purchasing discounts)....I'm leaning towards the IBM
because it appears to have a better upgrade path.

SO.....any comments - good or bad - about either?  Is there another
printer out there somewhere that I have missed?

Any comments will be appreciated!  Thanks in advance :)!

Linda Cornell
lcornell@u.washington.edu
University of Washington
Office of Research

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: weinstoc@sei.cmu.edu (Chuck Weinstock)
Subject: QMS-PS 410 Problem?
Organization: The Software Engineering Institute
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:37:38 GMT


Last night I was trying to print from a program on my IBM PC to my QMS-PS 410,
and nothing would happen.  If I did a PRINT CONFIG.SYS (for example) it would
print just fine, but when I tried printing from this program...nothing.  I
have the printer hooked up through the parallel port.  In an attempt to figure
out what was happening I started up the program SEND PS on my Macintosh and
used the "Printer Status" command to watch what was going on.  When I print
from the PC program it the printer status would change from "idle" to
"waiting; parallel port" or something like that and then, after about a minute
or so, it would change back to "idle" without printing anything.

Anyone have any idea what is happening?

Oh yes, the last time I tried to print from the PC was several months ago, and
it worked just fine...even from the program in question.



Chuck Weinstock				weinstock@sei.cmu.edu
Software Engineering Institute		(412) 268-7719
Carnegie Mellon University		(412) 268-5758 (Fax)
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From: simmons@duncan.utkcs2 (Paul T Simmons ( Doc ))
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Help with C-Itoh 1550
Date: 26 Jul 92 19:56:33
Organization: My own private world :-)
NNTP-Posting-Host: duncan.cs.utk.edu


	I need the DIP switch info for the C-Il 1550.  I'm trying
to get it to print through Windows running the word processor from Lotus
Works.  The DIP switches are labeled SW1, SW2 (which are up front) and behind
the platen SW21, SW22, SW23, SW24.
	Also, does it take the standard RS-232 cable or are there other
special requirements for it.  Windows has a driver for the ITOH 8250(I think
that's the number) does this work for the 1550 or will I need to write my
own if Microsoft doesn't have the driver.

	Any and all help gratefully accepted and appreciated.

	Paul
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From: ern+@cs.cmu.edu (Rudy Nedved)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Laserwriter IIg Serial Port Problem
Date: 22 Jul 92 20:26:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Jul22.202605.219501
Distribution: na
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon

In article <1992Jul22.104052.14976@doug.cae.wisc.edu> brune@luther.che.wisc.edu (Douglas A. Brune) writes:
>We just replaced a Laserwriter IInt with a IIg. We were printing to
>the IInt from a terminal server connected to the serial port. I
>connected the IIg in place of the IInt, and printing via the serial
>port no longer works. The IIg is set to configuration 2: 19200baud,
>8data, 1stop, no parity, XON/XOFF; these match the settings on the
>terminal server and are the same as we used for the IInt.
>
>Anybody know of any problems with the IIg serial port, or special
>tricks to make it work?

1) The IIg and IIf series printers send XON/XOFF much earlier and more
   frequently. It looks like they sacrificed something with the RS-232C
   support. Some people guess they underestimated the market for serial
   lines versus AppleTalk network.

   You might as well drop the line speed to something like 9600 or 4800.

2) It sends spurious control-D's (EOT)....You have to changed Transcript v2
   to have the sender process signal the listener process to expect a
   control-D (EOT) and then the listener should do what it normally does.
   Alas at the moment, the listener dies very early in the game because of
   the first and second control-D's that come...they seem to have at the
   beginning of the job and whenever you cycle the line.
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: rohrernl@helix.nih.gov (Nathan Rohrer)
Subject: HP DeskJet PLUS
Keywords: deskjet dell pinout
Organization: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 15:07:15 GMT

I have an HP DeskJet Plus that used to be connect to a 25 pin serial port on 
a PC (long distance run).  I have change PCs (Dell 325D to be exact) and 
need to know how to redue the pinouts for the 9 pin serial port on the 
Dell.  Any help would be appreciated.

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From: rod@usafa.af.mil (Rod Sanborn)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: How do you like your HP Deskjet 500 or 500C
Date: 21 Jul 92 15:36:28 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado

Can anybody give me info on the HP Deskjet 500 or 500C? I am interested in
buying one and would like to know how satisfied people are with them.

I realize that this was recently discussed, but I am new to this group and
all the interesting messages had expired before I got to them (don't you
hate that.)

-------
Rod Sanborn
US Air Force Academy
rod@usafa.af.mil

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: tou@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Ivan Tou)
Subject: color printing using SUN
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Distribution: comp
Date: 22 Jul 92 13:17:34


I'm looking for an inexpensive color printer that works with the SUN
workstations.  I would appreciate any experiences or recommendations.
In particular, does the HP Deskjet 500C work with the SUN's?

--

                                                  - Ivan
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: s442016@nexus.yorku.ca (Alan Li)
Subject: QMS-LASER Printer's manufactur or distr.'s phone #
Organization: York University, CS Dept. Toronto
Distribution: canada
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 03:57:51 GMT


hi all:

      I need phone number of QMS laser printer Manufactur or Distributor
    in CANADA.  Anyone who knows, please e-mail me or post it at this 
    new group. 

        thanx in advance 

            alan LI; s442016@nexus.yorku.ca
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: stssart@st.unocal.com (Arnold Troeger)
Subject: ppm driver for HP DeskJet 500c
Organization: Unocal Science & Technology Division
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 21:43:18 GMT

Someone recently posted a reference to a ppm driver for the DeskJet
500c.  Could someone repost the message or email it to me?

Thanks in advance
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From: moore+@CS.CMU.EDU (Dale Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: A Review of PrntSvr BSD Source Kit
Keywords: DEC, LPS20, LPS40, Print-Server
Date: 29 Jul 92 13:43:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Jul29.134349.150812
Organization: Carnegie Mellon University

In article <1992Jul24.163219.103442@cs.cmu.edu>, moore+@CS.CMU.EDU (Dale Moore) I wrote:
|> The information below is of concern only for owners and potential
|> owners of DEC PrinterServer networked printers.
|> 
|> I recently received from Digital Equipment Corporation BB-PMKAA PrintServer
|> Source Kit for BSD UNIX, Version 4.0.  This kit contains sources and
|> documentation for the client side of communicating over the network to the DEC
|> PrintServer 40 (LPS40) and PrintServer 20 (LPS20).  This will allow your BSD or
|> SUN-OS machines to ship print requests to DEC's network printers.
|> 
|> I was dissappointed in the quality of the code. 
...

The good news is...  I've found the original authors for some of this work
and they  are very interested in helping work out some of these problems.
I'm so use to DEC Software Performance Report where you submit a problem
report, and the response you get back in several months is "Thanks, we'll fix
that in the next release."   and sometimes it is fixed in the next release, and
sometimes it isn't.  

But this time, it seems that the company DEC contracted out some of this
software is trying pretty hard to get things worked out.

Perhaps I was a little harsh in my review.  But when things work, you don't
notice them.  When they don't work, they often stand in your way.

I love having sources.  We can work around problems or build custom
configurations if absolutely necessary.  You can tell the authors that
you've found a bug, or made some improvements.  Or you can wait for
them to fix it.  You have an option.  Options are good.  Sources are good.

We have a wide variety of printers at our site.  The LPS20's and LPS40's
are especially heavily used because they are fast printers.  And the 20's are
duplex (love duplex).  So in that respect, the DEC printers are a win for us.
When we have to bring the DEC printers down for software upgrade or
development or hardware maintenance, the users dont like it even though
there are other printers available.

Hopefully we'll work out the problems I found in short order.

Dale Moore for Help@cs.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: wct@po.CWRU.Edu (William C. Thompson)
Subject: Redirecting PS printing to file - again
Reply-To: wct@po.CWRU.Edu (William C. Thompson)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 16:17:13 GMT


I have a desktop publishing program and an HP3P.  This program
doens't support the 3P, but I do have access to a PostScript
printer via a network.  The access to this printer is rather
complicated, and I can only send a postscript file to it -
i.e. I'm not directly connected.  Word Perfect can create a
postscript file for printing, but the program I'm using
doesn't allow that option.  I would like to redirect the
printing to a file.  I'm not an idiot, or I could do this if
printing were possible from command-line, but it's not.  I
can only print from the program, so I found a TSR called
PRN2FILE that redirects printer output to a file.  This is
probably fine if you're printing text or something simple,
but when I try to print postscript, the resultant file is
incredibly large for what I am doing.  When I attempted to
print it out, all that came out was what looked like a
language.  I assume it was PostScript-speak.  The file was
mostly 'F's if that means anything at all.  Am I making any
sense, or does someone have an idea what I'm talking about
and can help me?

Thanks
-- 
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From: jhnbru03@uctvax.uct.ac.za (Bruce D Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Downward printer compatibility
Date: 31 Jul 92 12:49:28 GMT
Organization: University of Cape Town

I have been asked to write a programme that converts printer formats
DOWNWARDS !! ie from a laserjet to a deskjet to a dot-matrix etc...

Are there any programmes avaliable, either shareware, freeware or commercial
that can do this ? What about other formats ? Does a market exist for such
a program.

Please e-mail me all responses, and I will summarize and post to the group.


Thanks 
jhnbru03@uctvax.uct.ac.za
Bruce
From: ph@physiology.oxford.ac.uk (Patrick Haggard)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: comp.laser-printers
Date: 24 Jul 92 16:48:05 GMT
Organization: Physiology Department, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
Originator: ph@galen.physiol


Please help with my  Printer Nightmare.  I inadvertently put a cheapo plastic
transparency sheet through our QMS-PS410 laser printer, and it promptly melted
onto the heat drum.  I think we managed to get most of it out by wiggling it,
but the PaperJam light now comes on when the printer is booted, and the
****** thing won't work.  Quotes for repair run very high so I am feeling
rather redfaced.  Can anyone suggest:
- what might be wrong.
- how it might be fixed.

Our techie here thinks one of the sensors may have got burned.  I would like
to have a look at the heat drum, but I can't get the cover off easily.
Please help me.
Many thanks
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Oxford University Laboratory of Physiology,
Parks Road,
Oxford,
OX1 3PT
England

Tel. (0865) 272116
Fax. (0865) 272469
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From: dplatt@ntg.com (Dave Platt)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Duplex PostScript printers
Date: 29 Jul 92 19:27:27 GMT
Organization: New Technologies Group

Any recommendations (or stay-away-from warnings) for PostScript printers
which are capable of duplex printing?  We'd like one which can do a
decent job of handling a 15-person engineering group.  Plusses would be
Ethernet capability of some sort as well as LocalTalk, the ability to
handle paper up to tabloid size, reasonable speed (10-15 pages/minute),
and good reliability.

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From: havemann_l@spcvxb.spc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.sys.dec,vmsnet.misc
Subject: Re: Need to Connect LPV11 to Dataproducts 2260.
Date: 28 Jul 92 20:56:41 GMT
Organization: Lee Havemann, HSH Associates

In article <1992Jul27.224041.17693@iitmax.iit.edu>, draughn@iitmax.iit.edu (Mark Draughn) writes:
> We have an ancient Data Products 2260 drum printer.  We used to run it
> using a DAC-11 controller in a VAX 750.  It worked fine.
> 
> We'd like to upgrade.  We'd like to connect it to a DEC MicroVAX II
> using a DEC LPV-11 controller.
> 
> It doesn't work.  Whenever we try to print anything, we get garbage
> (One line of gibberish with lots of @'s and then a formfeed).
> 
> A Printronix P600 printer with a Data-Products-compatible interface
> works fine when connected to the LPV-11 using the same cable.
> 
> All this hardware is a mystery to me.  It looks like the cable is
> wired correctly.
> 
> Does any of this sound familiar to anyone?  Has anybody out there done
> this?  Can anyone help me?  Or at least point me in the right direction?
> -- 
> 
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> ----------------+ Academic Computing Center, Illinois Institute of Technology
> +1 312 567 5962 | 10 W. 31st Street, Chicago, Illinois  60616

I had the same problem, and it turns out that they are different cables...
I have one for the Dataproducts (winchester style) if you want it...
As a matter of fact, I also have a 2260 printer you can have too - just
come and get it :-)
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: seaney@robios.me.wisc.edu (Steve Seaney)
Subject: Printcap for HP Stylewriter
Organization: U. Wisconsin-Madison, Robotics Laboratory
Distribution: comp
Date: 21 Jul 92 16:53:25


I am looking for a printcap entry for a HP Stylewriter XL.  I'd like
to connect through the serial port.  Is there any trick to this?

THanks,
Steve
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: snichols@adobe.com (Sherri Nichols)
Subject: Re: Laserwriter IIg Serial Port Problem
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 21:19:21 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.202605.219501@cs.cmu.edu> ern+@cs.cmu.edu (Rudy Nedved) writes:
>2) It sends spurious control-D's (EOT)....You have to changed Transcript
>v2

There is a patch available for both TranScript 2.1 and TranScript 3.0 that
successfully works around the serial line problem in the in the IIf and
IIg.

Sherri Nichols
snichols@adobe.com
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: duncan@loris.cisab.indiana.edu (Shan Duncan)
Subject: continuous printers (like strip chart)
Organization: Indiana University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 17:20:35 GMT



  Would anyone have general information on printers that are
capable of printing a continuous image?  Something like one
would get off of a strip chart recorder.  The output should
be close to laserprinter quality - not dot matrix output.

I thought panasonic made a thermal printer that did this.

It would also be nice if it had a driver that worked under unix.


Thank you



Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: s442016@nexus.yorku.ca (Alan Li)
Subject: QMS Laser printer's Manufactur or Distributor IN Canada
Organization: York University, CS Dept. Toronto
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 01:35:06 GMT
From: kevin@alsvid.une.edu.au (Kevin Pollard)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: I need help with a NEC pinwriter cp3
Date: 21 Jul 92 14:32:57 GMT
Organization: University of New England - Northern Rivers (Lismore)

I've got a NEC pinwriter cp3, but no manual for it.

Can you help me with either or both of the following qns?

	Qn1. What Windows 3.1 printer should I install for this printer?

	Qn2. There's 2 banks of dip switches. 16 switches in all.
	     What do each of them do?
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: Will Allen <willa@vcd.hp.com>
Subject: Re: HP Deskjet 500C drivers ?
Organization: HP Vancouver Division
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1a5
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 15:29:51 GMT

HP Deskjet 500C drivers ?

I don't know about FTP, but you can probably get one mailed to you on
floppy for free.  Call the
HP Personal Peripherals Assist line at 208/323-2551 or our driver
distribution hotline at
303/353-7650.


. . .Will

Will Allen
HP Vancouver Division
willa@vcd.hp.com
From: g85t2934@hippo.ru.ac.za (Mr SJ Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Colour print-screen on DJ500C
Summary: Require help geting colour print-screen output on HP DJ500C
Keywords: HP DJ 500C, Print-screen
Date: 21 Jul 92 08:06:21 GMT
Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

I have an HP Deskjet 500C attached to my 286 (running Dos 5) with a
super VGA monitor. I am experiencing problems in getting colour screen
dumps using the print-screen command. At the moment I can get black and
white output by using the msDos GRAPHICS DESKJET command. Please could
some one in the know e-mail me a solution to this problem.

Thanks 
	 Steve
				  
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: marcu@leland.Stanford.EDU (Marc Albert Ullman)
Subject: Re: Laserwriter IIg Serial Port Problem
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 19:44:39 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.104052.14976@doug.cae.wisc.edu> brune@luther.che.wisc.edu (Douglas A. Brune) writes:
>We just replaced a Laserwriter IInt with a IIg. We were printing to
>the IInt from a terminal server connected to the serial port. I
>connected the IIg in place of the IInt, and printing via the serial
>port no longer works. The IIg is set to configuration 2: 19200baud,
>8data, 1stop, no parity, XON/XOFF; these match the settings on the
>terminal server and are the same as we used for the IInt.
>
>Anybody know of any problems with the IIg serial port, or special
>tricks to make it work?

The only problem I know of is that Apple inexplicably dropped support
for 38.4K baud.  I am successfully taking to a IIg over two serial
ports, one configured for 19.2K with Xon-Xoff, the other configured for
57.6K with HW hand-shaking.  Other than the fact that Apple seems to
have done something to slow down serial communications--the IIg defin-
itely talks *SLOWER* than the II NTX--both communications channels
seem to function reliably.

--Marc Ullman
  Stanford University