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From: karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Print Extenders
Summary: Yes...
Date: 26 Jul 92 15:18:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: ddsw1.1992Jul26.151841.4945
Organization: Macro Computer Solutions, Inc., Chicago, IL
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In article <1992Jul25.182054.2631@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> duncan@loris.cisab.indiana.edu (Shan Duncan) writes:
>
>Has anyone used these print extenders that claim you can move your
>printer 300 feet away using telephone cable?
>
>We are considering this as a method for moving our printer away
>from our unix workstation (ibm rs6k) into another room so people
>on the network do not have to march into the room to pickup
>printouts.  For around $90 it seemed cheaper than buying a
>ethernet box for our lexmark 4029 10.
>
>Suggestions?  Thoughts?  Comments?

Yes, I have (and have installed these commercially).

One cavaeat -- DON'T use Telephone cable.  DO use twisted-pair cable.  If
you do that, all will be well, and you can do the 300 (or more) feet.
Telephone cable is good only up to about 50 feet; beyond that it won't work
reliably.

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From: tgl+@cs.cmu.edu (Tom Lane)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Need DIP switch info for Epson LQ-800
Date: 23 Jul 92 15:43:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Jul23.154314.98382
Distribution: usa
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon

I recently came into possession of an Epson LQ-800, sans manual.
If anyone knows what the DIP switches on the back do, please clue me in.

			TIA, tom lane
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: brune@luther.che.wisc.edu (Douglas A. Brune)
Subject: Laserwriter IIg Serial Port Problem
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Madison
Distribution: na
Date: 22 Jul 92 10:40:51 CDT

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?

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From: dalessio@rtsg.mot.com (Mario D'Alessio)
Subject: WANTED: Epson LQ-1500 dip switch meanings
Summary: WANTED: Epson LQ-1500 dip switch meanings
Keywords: epson lq 1500 lq1500 dip switch settings wanted
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:13:21 GMT

My brother gave me his Epson LQ-1500 printer, but no
manual. Does anyone have the dip switch meanings?
And can one create a custom character set on this
printer?

Thanks in advance.

Mario


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From: mdgoodma@CRDEC8.APGEA.ARMY.MIL (Mack Goodman)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: DEC LA75 Printer --- Help hooking up MMJ connector to PC serial port
Date: 24 Jul 92 14:58:38 GMT


Has anyone ever connected a LA75 DEC printer ( with the MMJ connector)
to an IBM PC?  I am trying to make a cable to go from the LA75 to
the PC serial 25pin port and it is just not working.
If anyone has done this, please guide me....

Thanks

Mack
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From: cudcv@warwick.ac.uk (Rob McMahon)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Unix drivers for Epson ESC/P2
Date: 28 Jul 92 15:33:49 GMT
Organization: Computing Services, Warwick University, UK

We have an Epson SQ-1170 printer, which we want to connect to our Unix
systems.  Has anyone got any filters specifically for this device ?  A
p?mtoescp2 would be ideal.  DVI filters and Ghostscript backends would also be
extremely useful.  Anything that spits out ESC/P2 codes would be much
appreciated.

Cheers,

Rob
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: david@umbc4.umbc.edu (Dave Brookshire)
Subject: Re: comp.laser-printers
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore County, ACS
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 20:09:37 GMT


ph@physiology.oxford.ac.uk (Patrick Haggard) writes:
>
>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


Ouch!  Sorry, but chances are that some of the melted plastic may have fused 
the sensor while contacted.  The result of such, you have seen.  I would 
tend to expect high repair cost.  A while ago, I had a sensor problem with
another system, and it was just cheaper to replace then entire unit.


David

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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.sys.dec,vmsnet.misc
From: draughn@iitmax.iit.edu (Mark Draughn)
Subject: Need to Connect LPV11 to Dataproducts 2260.
Organization: Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 22:40:41 GMT

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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From: peter@ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Unix drivers for Epson ESC/P2
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:50:50 GMT

In article <kacnblhm@csv.warwick.ac.uk> cudcv@warwick.ac.uk (Rob McMahon) writes:
> We have an Epson SQ-1170 printer, which we want to connect to our Unix
> systems.  Has anyone got any filters specifically for this device ?  A
> p?mtoescp2 would be ideal.  DVI filters and Ghostscript backends would also be
> extremely useful.  Anything that spits out ESC/P2 codes would be much
> appreciated.

Well, I got started on a Ghostscript driver some months ago but got stalled
by the execrable nature of Epson's current user documentation. The old Epson
manuals were quite good, but now they look like they were created by cutting
and pasting from the reference pages of previous texts with very little new
material and no explanatory text.

They have a manual you can purchase that's supposed to be better, but I've
been sidetracked on other projects since then. If anyone were to donate a
better description of ESC/P2 I wouldn't mind giving it another shot.

(ideally, since they're pushing scalable fonts and all that, they should
 plug a Postscript interpreter in and trash all these funky escape sequences...
 or failing that, go to ANSI)
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From: tj@kona.cs.ucla.edu (Tom Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: LaserJet IIIsi and Macs
Date: 31 Jul 92 20:21:57 GMT
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
Originator: tj@kona.cs.ucla.edu

I'm very interested in using a IIIsi with a number of Macs.  I'd like to 
get full blown versions -- Duplex printing, EtherTalk, PostScript Level 2,
etc....  I have a couple of questions, though, and I hope someone can help
me out.

1.  Ethernet.  My local dealer has 2 different listing for the Ethernet
    option.  One (HP Part# C2059F lists for $275, the other (C2059E) is
    listed as a new option and goes for $695.  They don't have the 
    faintest idea as to the difference between the two.  Does anyone know?

2.  PostScript.  How compatible is the PS Plus (Level 2) option? Anyone
    have any trouble?  Is it Adobe PS, or a clone?

3.  How much memory do I need?  And what are the options?  I understand that
    both 1Mg and 4Mg upgrades are available - what types of configurations
    are possible?

Thanks-
  Tom
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From: k@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Steve Kao)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 19:32:00 GMT
Subject: Re: HP IIISi and the JetDirect TCP/IP card
Organization: HP Roseville Networks Division
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers

Al Lilanstrom:

> We're seeing a strange problem with one of our IIISi's.  We installed the
> JetDirect TCP/IP card last week and now files that used to print, no longer do. 
> Nothing else was changed.  Has anyone seen this or have a clue as to why it
> might be happening?

Have you printed a self-test page after one of these files fails to
print?  Check the third column for non-zero values in BAD packets or
DROPPED packets or COLLISIONs.  You can also use the hpnpadmin
program/script to see the card's MIB variables.  Object ID
npConnsAbortReason .1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.4.3.4.6.0 provides "The textual
description of why the last abort on the card occurred."

Object ID npConnsIdleTimeouts .1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.4.3.4.14.0 tells "The
number of connections closed due to an idle timeout."  If this number is
non-zero, then the idle timeout on your IIISi is popping.  You can
change the idle-timeout value.  If you're configuring from the front
panel, it's one of the items you can change.  If you're configuring from
bootp, then check out pp. 5-13 thru 5-18 in the Administrator's Guide to
see how to change the idle-timeout value.

- Steve Kao   the above is not an official response from HP.
From: torss@ulrik.uio.no (Tor S. S|rensen)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Postscript - Pcl switching on HPIII
Date: 22 Jul 92 11:09:18 GMT
Organization: University of Oslo



I am new to this group, so you must excuse me if this is an often asked
question. My PC is connected to a HP laserjet III with a HP postscript cartridge
inside. 
I wonder if it exist software for the PC that enable's me to switch between
Postscript and Pcl mode without taking the cartridge out of the printer.
(And of course back again.)
If it exist, where can I buy it ? Or if it's shareware/freeware, is there any
FTP sites available ?

Thank you
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: SPARCprinter toner empties
From: boyken@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Karl Boyken)
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:40:36 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., U. of Iowa

Does anyone buy back empty SPARCprinter toner cartridges?  Can they be
recycled?  Or are they fodder for the trash can?

Please reply via email and I'll summarize.

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From: simmons@duncan.utkcs2 (Paul T Simmons ( Doc ))
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: The tables
Date: 28 Jul 92 20:04:30
Organization: My own private world :-)
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	Hope you don't get 200 copies of this. :-)

Switch Setting   Effect                      Equivalent Code
1-1          
1-2           Selects alternate characters, see table below
1-3

1-4   Closed     Page leng 72 lines   
1-4   Open       Page length 66 lines

1-5   Closed     Ignores eighth data bit      ESC D CTRL-@ 2
1-5   Open       Recongnizes eighth data bit  ESC Z CTRL-@ 2

1-6          Selects character pitch, see table below
1-7

1-8   Closed     Adds LF after CR             ESC D {@}
					      CTRL-@

1-8   Open       Adds LF after CR             ESC Z {@}
					      CTRL-@

2-1          These two switches select
2-2           the Baud setting, see table below

2-3   Closed     XON/XOFF data protocol
2-3   Open       Data Terminal Ready protocol

Language      1-1       1-2      1-3
American     Open      Open     Open
British     Closed    Closed    Open 
German       Open      Open    Closed
French       Open     Closed   Closed
Swedish     Closed     Open    Closed
Italian     Closed     Open     Open
Spanish     Closed    Closed   Closed
American     Open     Closed    Open


1-6      1-7       Character Pitch      Dots/inch   Approx Dots/8" line
Open    Open          Pica                80            640
Closed  Open          Elite               96            768
Open    Closed        Ultracondensed     136           1088
Closed  Closed        Elite proportional 160           1280

Switch 2-1       Switch 2-2           Baud Setting
Open             Open                 300
Closed           Open                 1200
Open             Closed               2400
Closed           Closed               9600

	This information was taken from the Imagewriter User's Manual.

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From: markb@spock.dis.cccd.edu (Mark Bixby)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Postscript - Pcl switching on HPIII
Date: 22 Jul 92 15:27:05 GMT
Organization: Coast Community College District, Costa Mesa, CA

In article <920622.120918.torss@pcsosoek01> torss@ulrik.uio.no (Tor S. S|rensen) writes:
>I wonder if it exist software for the PC that enable's me to switch between
>Postscript and Pcl mode without taking the cartridge out of the printer.
>(And of course back again.)

This is easily done via a simple character sequence if you have the new
Postscript Level 2 cartridge.  There is no way to switch to PCL in a printer
that uses one of the older cartridges without removing the cartridge.
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: boyken@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Karl Boyken)
Subject: DeskJet Plus won't print descenders
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 16:41:52 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., U. of Iowa

Whenever I print a document from Windows 3.1 to my DeskJet Plus, the descenders
don't print.  I have TrueType fonts, but I've also tried the non-TrueType
fonts, and their descenders don't print, either.  I'd appreciate any advice.
Please email any responses.  Thanks in advance

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From: pegah@cps.msu.edu (Mahmoud Pegah)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: LaserWriter IIg zone change
Date: 23 Jul 92 15:01:32 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, University of Northern Iowa
Originator: pegah@pleiades.cps.msu.edu


	Hello All:

	We have an Apple LaserWriter IIg on the ethernet. I would
	like to change its default zone. I have created a text file
	using TeachText:

	serverdict begin 0 exitserver
	(%EtherTalk%) <</EtherTalkZone (OurZoneName)>> setdevparams

	I have downloaded using LaserWriter Utility. After powering
	down/up the printer, still the zone does not change. What am 
	I doing wrong? Any help will be apprecited. Thanks.


	-Mahmoud Pegah
	AI/KBS Lab, CPS
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: jah@cc.tut.fi (Ahonen Jari)
Subject: Brother M-1709 emulations ?
Organization: Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 19:37:09 GMT


  What are exact printer types which Brother M-1709 emulates? I've heard
that the IBM mode is some proprinter, but I have no idea about EPSON mode.
The manual just says IBM and EPSON.
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From: david@umbc4.umbc.edu (Dave Brookshire)
Subject: Re: Duplex PostScript printers
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore County, ACS
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 02:56:41 GMT


In article <1992Jul29.192727.15973@ntg.com> dplatt@ntg.com (Dave Platt) writes:
>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.

Dave-  Try looking at the QMS PS1700 series.  They can handle all (well, most-
I'm not sure what size of paper can be handled.) of the above requirements.
It's not cheap, per se, but definatly worth taking a look at.  E-mail for more
info.


David (this dave thing seems to be 
   getting a little repetative!  :) )


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From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: DEC LA50 question
Date: 31 Jul 92 17:42:11 GMT
Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access.  The Mouth of the South.


I was recently given a DEC LA50 printer with no documentation.
Could some kind soul provide me with the switch settings for the two
banks of DIP switches under the carrage?  I would be most appreciative.
Even more appreciated would be a fax of the man page that
addresses this.  404 578 9725.  I'll even do collect if you'll 
arrange a time via Email.

Thanks in advance.
John
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: ken@uunet.UU.NET (Ken Dahl)
Subject: My laserwriter has the shakes
Reply-To: ken@uunet.UU.NET
Organization: "UUNET Technologies, Inc."
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:47:37 GMT

I have a LaserWriter II (just II, no letters) that sometimes prints
"jiggled".  It randomly screws up an entire job, never just one page in
a multipage document.  The example in front of me is only mildly messed
up compared to some others I've seen come out of this printer, and it
has a fairly regular pattern to the waves.

Has anyone seen this before or have an idea how to fix it?  I've tried
cleaning out the printer and looking for loose connections and loose
screws but to no avail.

Thanks for any help you have to offer!

-Ken

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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: crosslan@progress.COM (Adam Crossland)
Subject: Re: Wanted: Canon BJ-10e Programming Guide
Organization: Progress Software Corp.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 13:23:25 GMT

esprit@netcom.com (Alan F. Perry) writes:


>Does anyone know where I can get a programming guide for a Canon BJ-10e
>printer?


>alan
>esprit@netcom.com

I am also interested in such a tome, or indeed, _any_ information about
working with this device.  The list of control codes in the documentation
that comes with printer is a sad, cruel joke.  I'd really like to start
getting some worthwhile output from the beast.

						Thanks,

						Adam

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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 10:39:12 EDT
From: <SPW103@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: HELP GHOSTSCRIPT (was re: Postscript to non-ps HPIII

Well, everybody recommended GhostScript, so I pulled it down off of Wuarchive.
The documentation, in my opinion, is somewhat cryptic.  All I want to know is
how to set it up to print a file onto a laserjet III.  I know it must go some
 thing like this:

                 GS> (HP) Selectdevice
                 GS> (Myfile.PS) run

   The problem is is that "HP" doesn't work, and I don't know the name of  the
 driver.  If anybody can help me, It would be appreciated

                    Thanks.

                            Stephen Walker
                            spw103@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers