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From: GR.JLB@isumvs.iastate.edu (Jeff Balvanz)
Subject: Help with ancient Diablo 630ECS?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 03:34:32 GMT

My co-worker and I have recently acquired (through the University's
Asset Recovery program -- read "Surplus Store") a trio of Diablo 630ECS
printers for the grand total of $15 plus tax.  I know all about their
text modes and am using them with WordPerfect, etc. on a TI
Professional Computer from 1983 (yeah, I like playing with vintage
iron, especially if it's cheap).

Anyway, my questions for the group:

1.  Does anyone know how to use the graphics mode that is enabled with
<Esc>3 and disabled with either <Esc>4 or <Return>?  My guess is that
it's some kind of special spacing to print bitmapped graphics with the
period key, but I don't know what characters to send and don't really
have time to send all the ASCII set and see what happens. . .

2.  Does anyone know what HyPLOT mode, enabled with <Esc>G, is?  Sounds
like some kind of plotter emulation, but how does it work?

3.  Does anybody know of a company that still sells daisy wheels?  I've
got a sans serif font, but I'd like a serifed font for more formal
occasions, and an ECS wheel (the extended character set) would be
really nice since I have an ECS printer.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.


--
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Senior Technical Consultant     INTERNET:  gr.jlb@isuvms.iastate.edu
Microcomputer Services          PHONE:  (515) 294-8683
ISU Computation Center          USMail:  191 DURHAM CENTER, ISU, AMES, IA 50011
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.dcom.fax
From: mparker@adobe.com (Mike Parker)
Subject: Re: New Compaq PS printer/fax
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 20:27:44 GMT

In article <0105002B.d1rv57@digtype.airage.com> jeff@digtype.airage.com writes:
>
>I just saw an article in Open Systems Today about Compaq's new Postscript/PCL
>printers. The most interesting thing is that the printers (one 15ppm
>listing at $4000 and one 20ppm listing at $5500) also have built-in
>fax-modems.This lets the printer act as a 800x400dpi fax machine.
>
>Does anyone know if this is recieve only, or can it send faxes too?

It can send too.  It will send either the PS file or compressed raster.
If you attempt to send PS to a raster only machine it can automatically
revert.

>Any idea who's engine they are using? 

Fuji Xerox

>Any other tidbits on these interesting new printers?

It's important to understand what the "800x400dpi fax machine" thing is
all about.  If we're sending to an ordinary fax machine then the resolution
is 200x200 as usual.  Even sending raster between two PS fax printers gets
200x200.  When both parties have PS fax printers (so far Compaq and NEC have
announced such printers) then the PS file is sent instead.  When it is
printed at the receiving end it can do anything the receiving printer can do.
So between two Compaq PageMarq printers you get 800x400.  From a Compaq to
a NEC you get 300x300.  You can get 11" x 17" paper between two Compaqs.
When we put this stuff in a color printer you can send a color PS file and
get color output.

I'll stop there before someone accuses me of advertising....

mike

disclaimer:  I'm not Adobe's official PS fax spokesperson, I just stayed
up really late a few nights to get the Compaq fax working.



Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.sys.hp,comp.sys.novell,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
From: dweissman@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (WiseGuy)
Subject: **ETHERNET CARD for HPIIIsi speaking IPX and TCP/IP**
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Reply-To: scottree@bfec13.gsfc.nasa.gov
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. USA
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 18:49:00 GMT

We are looking to attach an HP3si printer directly to our ethernet network.
We would like to be able to print via tcp/ip (a VAX Multinet queue), ipx
from our Novell v3.11 network, and maybe from our MACs.  

What cards are out on the market that can do this?  What experiences have 
you had installing, configuring, and maintaining the network print function?
Can a card deal with all of these protocols/print queues at one time?

Any help will be appreciated (including a phone number or address of card
maker).
================================================================================
Dave Weissman - Corporate WAN/LAN Networking

Allied-Signal Aerospace - BFEC    Internet#1 - dweissman@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov
One Bendix Road, Dept. 976        Internet#2 - sysdhw@bfec2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1897     Telenet/SPRINTnet's X.400 -
(410) 964-7909                    (C:USA,A:TELEMAIL,P:GSFC,FN:DAVID,SN:WEISSMAN)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: mdc@crux1.cit.cornell.edu (Mark D. Crimmins)
Subject: Deskjet+ doesn't always feed paper
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date: 14 Sep 92 03:33:56 GMT

My Deskjet+ has been real dependable until just lately, when it has
gradually taken to being more and more choosy about when it wants to
feed a sheet of paper.  Now it seems very hard to get it to feed a
sheet---I have to jiggle the spring-loaded plate underneath the paper
supply & pray.

Is this a common problem with Deskjets?  Is there any fix short of
sending it to the factory?

Thanks,
Mark
mdc@crux1.cit.cornell.edu
From: qh100@cus.cam.ac.uk (Q. Huang)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: GCC BLP-2 PS printer and NEC S62P
Date: 15 Sep 92 13:24:06 GMT
Organization: U of Cambridge, England


-- 
I was given the quotations for the above two PS laser printers, both arround 
1200 pound plus VAT here in U.K. BLP-2 at 4ppm, and S62P at 6ppm. Both
have auto switching between PS and AppleTalk. A BLP-2S at 8ppm costs 1571 pound.
Any one of you can give some comments on these two printers, we need to
buy one soon and I now little about them. If you know any other machine which can do better than this, also let me know. The price here in U.K is just two high.

Thankx in Advance.

Qin 
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: Will Allen <willa@vcd.hp.com>
Subject: Re: Deskjet+ doesn't always feed paper
Organization: HP Vancouver Division
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1a5
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 21:49:11 GMT

From: chad burr, pegasus@cybernet.cse.fau.edu
Re: Deskjet+ doesn't always feed paper
In article <qZe5qB2w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> chad burr,
pegasus@cybernet.cse.fau.edu writes:

>hp48sx@wupost.wustl.edu (HP48SX Archive Maintainer) writes:
>
>> As an Apple techie I can tell you that pure Isopropanol is the best to
>> clean rollors with. I do it in laserprinters and my Deskwriter. The
>
>I use Isoproparonal 97% is that any good
>I use it to clean most of all of my Computer Stuff
>I bought a Few cleaning kits for my printer and accesories and most of 
>the soulutions had 57% isosporonal
>I wonder

I used to be a Product Support Engineer with responsibility for the
DeskJet family.  We don't
recommend alcohol, as it tends to harden the rollers over time.  Hard
rollers don't pick paper
reliably.  Our inks are water soluable.  Use a damp (water) cloth to
clean DeskJet and
DeskWriter rollers.
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.dcom.fax
From: mparker@adobe.com (Mike Parker)
Subject: Re: New Compaq PS printer/fax
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 05:24:42 GMT


Well, I'm STILL not Adobe's official spokesperson and I certainly can't
speak for Compaq, BUt I'd like to clear up some of the following...

In article <92253.132041FNOTMAN@ESTEC.BITNET> FNOTMAN@ESTEC.BITNET writes:
>
> There is a report on this printer in the Oct. Issue (on my desk now) of the UK
>"PC Magazine".
> Basic features
> 3* 500 sheet trays (defined as each holding 2 stacks of 250 sheets so maybe it
>can be treat as 6 *250, that's just a hope/guess).
> Optional Motorised tray for foils and heavy media.

3 500 sheet trays would be three motorized trays.  When the front 250 sheets is
used up, the motor pushes the back stack forward and the printer keeps going.
I always left the dust cover off the tray, then when I saw thew back stack gone
stuck another fistful of paper in it.  Effectively gave me continuous printing
without ever removing the tray.

The option for foils and heavy media would be the "multi-sheet feeder" it
goes on over the manual feed slot and can feed heavy paper, envelopes, and
add sizes.  If you open the face up output tray you then have a straight
through paper path, which is better for heacy media.

> basic 4MB expandable to 20MB
> AMD29000 at heart with 256KB cach.
> Optional 2MB Flash memory and 60Mb disk, currently for PS use only but will be
>made available to other jobs.
> Auto PS/PCL5 switching (PS and PCL5 interpretters developed by Adobe).

yes, really? thought it was 128K, yes, yes and it works really well.

> 3 IO expansion slots on motherboard (apparently only 1 large enough for
>Etehrnet or Token-ring - that seems an oversight to me).

Hope not.  In the environment we have here there are already a zillion bridges,
routers, prtocol converters.  We would only hvae to connect the printer to
any one of our many different physical nets and all could see the printer.
So no need to have the printer on for example both token ring and enet at
once.  Tell me if this is not true and why so we can do better next time.

> IO input slot auto-switching.
> FAX (in UK) awaiting BABT approval, unlikely to be approved before next year.

Ah, something about fax, so I can't be flamed for posting all of this to
this newsgroup.  "International fax" is currently in development.  I can't
quote delivery schedules for Compaq.

> Toner cartridge rated at 12k pages, but involves changing several components.

Not true.  The printer use a single piece cartridge that is much like the
one in a Canon engine  (i.e. an Apple or HP printer).  It's a little bigger
due to the ability to handle 11x17 paper.   Compaq has set up a program
to make it really easy to send back old cartridges and to purchase refilled
cartridges.  As a closet environmentalist I think this is really great.

mike



Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: regeorge@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Robert E George)
Subject: Centronix GLP GREAT LITTLE PRINTER??
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 15:16:04 GMT



Is it still possible to get ribbons/replacement parts for the Centronix Great
Little Printer??

Can anybody give me a phone number and/or address [preferable] for Centronix???

Please email to

  reg@osustat.mps.ohio-state.edu

since I do not often read these newsgroups.

Thanks very much in advance,

Robert George

reg@osustat.mps.ohio-state.edu
From: decouty@irisa.fr (Bertrand Decouty, AB112, [99 84] 73 46, Atelier)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Laserjet III/IIIsi: reading back status (and bug report)
Date: 11 Sep 92 08:17:14 GMT
Reply-To: decouty@irisa.fr
Organization: IRISA-INRIA, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, FRANCE

In article pl6mj44@fido.asd.sgi.com, shankar@wpd.sgi.com (Shankar Unni) writes:
>
[....]
>
>I also got a bunch of replies about the PS option. Apparently, all the
>new IIIsi's come with a single-SIMM PS module that can be installed in
>one of the memory slots.  US List price = $895. No idea of any
>discount prices. Part number == 33494C (Thanks, Allyn F.)
>

yes, this new simm ps module enable you to put 8MB ram upgrade, not
previously available. PostScript version is still 52.3 but revision is
now 400.

BTW, i have just installed 2 HP LJ IIISi and noticed 3 troubles, more
or less serious but really strange.

Our HP's are connected to a Sun SS2, through serial port, using
standard SunOS 4.1.1 lpd and TranScript 2.1.1 with the 'new' pscomm.

1- when 'lprm'-ing a job being printed, the Sun sends a ctrl-C (don't
ask me why!) followed by a ctrl-D. The HP echoes "^C %%[ Flushing to
end of job] ctrl-D" then ends printing the file already in its buffer
then... stops working with error "64 Hardware".

You need to power off/on the HP to restart. Anybody has already seen
this?

For me it is a bug in ctrl-C decoding, but who knows?

2- hardware flow control (DTR toggling) is ALWAYS enabled, even when
XON or ROBUST is selected. Bug or feature? Of course, the doc does not
mention this fact. So, do not put DTR (20) from HP on CD line (8) on Sun...

3- When asking, through PostScript commands (sccbatch), the current
values of serial interface, the returned values are meaningless:
baudrate is 9600 bauds when really it is 19200 or 38400 bauds!

Any comment?

>
>--
>Shankar Unni				E-Mail:	shankar@sgi.com
>Silicon Graphics Inc.			Phone:	+1-415-390-2072

Thanks by advance for any reply.

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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: Thomas Lemke <tl@uran.informatik.uni-bonn.de>
Subject: HP DeskJet500 or NEC 95 for Mac/Atari ?
Organization: University of Bonn
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.0
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 13:33:00 GMT
From: shankar@wpd.sgi.com (Shankar Unni)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Laserjet III/IIIsi: reading back status from parallel port
Summary: LJIII Parallel port is unidirectional only. PS for IIIsi is a single-SIMM option.
Date: 9 Sep 92 21:39:49 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Shankar Unni (shankar@sgi.com) wrote:

> Can a host read back status from the parallel port of a Laserjet III
> or IIIsi?  If so, are there any caveats that I need to be aware of?

I got back a bunch of replies to this (including a few from HP
people), which basically said that the parallel port (of both the III
and the IIIsi) is unidirectional. So no go.  The recommended way to go
is apparently the Ethernet board.

Also heard that the III can have all three interfaces installed at the
same time (and switch-select the interface from the front panel),
whereas the IIIsi can only have one interface *installed* at any time
(any interface change apparently involves a board-swap). Hmmm. Any
confirmations on this from HP?

I also got a bunch of replies about the PS option. Apparently, all the
new IIIsi's come with a single-SIMM PS module that can be installed in
one of the memory slots.  US List price = $895. No idea of any
discount prices. Part number == 33494C (Thanks, Allyn F.)

Thanks to everyone who replied:

    Bob Niland <rjn@hpfcrjn.fc.hp.com>
    Bill Stapleton <wls@cray.csd.uwm.edu>
    John Chee Wah <sysjohn@helios.physics.utoronto.ca>
    simon@lia.di.epfl.ch (Simon Leinen)
    Allyn Fratkin <allyn@sdd.hp.com>

--
Shankar Unni				E-Mail:	shankar@sgi.com
Silicon Graphics Inc.			Phone:	+1-415-390-2072
From: hp48sx@wupost.wustl.edu (HP48SX Archive Maintainer)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Deskjet+ doesn't always feed paper
Date: 14 Sep 1992 13:55:24 -0500
Organization: Washington University in Saint Louis, MO USA
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: wuarchive.wustl.edu

As an Apple techie I can tell you that pure Isopropanol is the best to
clean rollors with. I do it in laserprinters and my Deskwriter. The
danish HP distributor aalso told me there was nothing better when I
asked about it. So it will not invalidate my warranty.

Isopropanol is very good at removing fat and dirt of any sort. I also
use it for cleaning my glasses. A standard cleaning liquid for glasses
mixed with at least 50% isopropanol is very good for glasses.

Please make sure to get a 99% solution, as the 70% version contains
other things with unknown effect on the rubber.
-- 
Povl H. Pedersen             hp48sx@wuarchive.wustl.edu
HP48sx archive maintainer

All Opinions (C) Copyright the Intergalactic Thought Association
From: david@buckaroo.ics.uci.edu (David Harnick-Shapiro)
Subject: PS-2000 Document Option Commands
Summary: Which do I have?
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Keywords: qms, ps2000, postscript, document option
Date: 9 Sep 92 21:43:46 GMT
Followup-To: david@ics.uci.edu

[ My apologies if you've seen this before;  my previous attempt to ask
  this question did not appear locally, so I'm assuming I muffed it. ]

Our QMS PS-2000 supports what it calls "document option commands"--
PostScript comments which the printer interprets, causing it to apply
various features.  For example, including

	%%IncludeFeature: pageorientation (landscape)

will cause a printjob which is otherwise in a portrait orientation to
be printed in landscape.  These Document Option Commands are all
reasonably well documented in the "QMS PS-2000 System Administrator"
manual.

Here's the rub:  not all the options are supported by the printer;  if
you ask for such an option, your request is silently ignored.  Does
anyone out there know of a way to find out which options are supported
by which printers at which revision levels?

Reply to me, and I will summarise to the group, if there's interest.

--------
David Harnick-Shapiro   Support Group, Department of       david@ics.uci.edu
                      Information and Computer Science   ucbvax!ucivax!david
                      University of California, Irvine
Xref: sparky comp.periphs.printers:2658 comp.dcom.fax:1694
From: km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Manual Feed on HP DJ500
Date: 7 Sep 92 14:53:33 GMT
Reply-To: km@mathcs.emory.edu
Organization: Emory University, Dept of Math and CS

I've been trying to use the manual feed feature on the DeskJet, which is
designed especially for envelopes. No matter how I try I get poor results
both on envelopes and regular paper. The media hardly ever goes in straight
and the print skews in one direction or another.

Do other people get better results? Maybe I'm missing something.

Of course there is no reason to do it on normal paper, but the manual feed
seems to be the only way to do envelopes.

---
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: elgreco@milton.u.washington.edu (Jared Vogt)
Subject: Star SG-15
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 03:23:19 GMT

I have a Star SG-15, problem is I don't have its manual.  Is there anyone out
there with this printer taht I could work out a deal with to get a copy of
the manual (ie how to set dip switches etc.).  I have tried to find this by 
calling around - no luck.  I figure that it is pretty thin, and not a big deal
to copy, no?
Thanks in advance
Jared
elgreco@u.washington.edu
email responses

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: elgreco@milton.u.washington.edu (Jared Vogt)
Subject: HP DeskJet 500C
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 03:27:23 GMT

I can get the above printer for $600.00.  Any opinions on its quality/price?
Please email any responses to vango@u.washington.edu
Thanks
Jared
elgreco@u.washington.edu
email  vango@u.washington.edu

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: tilley@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Richard Tilley)
Subject: Laserjet IIIsi; Duplex; Postscript; RAM; limitcheck; bitmap; image; picstr readstring ?
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 08:09:53 GMT

We have been getting "limitcheck"s on an "image" command when printing
duplex Postscript bitmaps, especially on a printer with 'only' 10 meg of RAM,
but also occasionally on a printer with 14 meg of RAM.

Cycling the power on the latter solves the problem even though we do a
'\033%-12345X@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PostScript\r\n' before each job and a
tr -d '\004\033\000' during each job and a
'\004\033%-12345X' after each job.

I think upgrading the 10 meg printer to 13 meg helped a lot,
but since this involved cycling the power ...

Details:

RAM Size:14336K, Virtual Memory: 4763240, Firmware Datecode: 19910621 V6.4 B, Parallel Port

RAM Size:10240K, Virtual Memory: 3535008, Firmware Datecode: 19910826 V6.7 C, Parallel Port

Glossary:

\033 - <ESC>   ^[  escape
\r   - <CR>    ^M  carriage return
\004 - <EOT>   ^D  end of transmision
\n   - <LF>    ^J  line feed

What bothers me the most is the part about cycling the power.
Is the software reset not good enough?
Other ideas?
Can people really print 57 flavors of Postscript in duplex on a 5 meg machine?
And when are the Level 2 ROMs comming out? :-)

... Richard <Tilley@ccm.umanitoba.ca>
-- 
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From: ddml@visual1.jhuapl.edu (Dave Libershal)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Want info - sharing printers DEC and PC systems
Date: 9 Sep 92 13:10:56 GMT
Organization: Johns Hopkins University/APL

I am looking for hardware solutions that allow printers to be shared between 
DEC networks (typically LAT) and PC systems (either individual PCs or on LANs).

I know that there are probably many different products (interface boxes, 
communication cards, etc.) available. I have recently acquired product
literature from XCD (they make an Ethernet interface card, H1000, which allows
LaserJet IIIsi printers to be directly connected via DEC LAT to a DEC host;
future products will support multiple protocols concurrently). I also received
info from Ganson Engineering Inc. (GEI) about their G4000 stand alone interface
box which allows the connection of any HP-compatible laser printer to up to 
three RS232 inputs, with full LN03 and HL LaserJet+ emulations. The G4000
sounds like a good solution - no font cartridges for LN03 fonts and no
software to worry with.

Can anybody provide feedback on the usage of either of these products? Or, can
you help with additinal suggestions? I want to avoid manual switching.

Of course, another option would be something like the QMS printer's multiple
input capabilities with auto-switching. That would be useful perhaps for new
printer purchase but we already have some HP type printers in place.

Thank you, I'll summarize responses if there is enough interest.


Dave Libershal          ddml@visual1.jhuapl.edu  
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 12:14:47 -0400 
From: Nicolas Alejandro Arauz <na0s+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Pacific Data DeskJet 25-in-1 cart.

First, I would like to know if anyone has this cartridge and if they
would recommend it.  Secondly, the best price I've seen for it so far is
$99.  Has anyone seen it anywhere for less, and if so, where!  Thanks a
lot!
From: peteg@seismo.CSS.GOV (Pete Geenhuizen)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: WANTED device driver for Centronics PagePrinter 8
Date: 15 Sep 92 09:03:30 GMT
Distribution: all
Organization: Center for Seismic Studies, Arlington, VA

I have just aquired a Cnetronics PagePrinter, one of the first laser printers
out I guess.  This puppy has a parrallel card and 1.5Mb of ram for bit mapping.
It has a few internal fonts, and can emulate an Epson FX80, Diablo630, and an
IBM Prowriter.  Does any one have a device driver for this printer?
Thanks in advance
Pete
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: buchignani@hg.uleth.ca
Subject: Re: Info on low-cost PS printers wanted
Reply-To: buchignani@hg.uleth.ca
Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:09:20 GMT

re: low costs laser printers with your specifications. I and
several others have had good luck with the NEC Silentwriter 95
(which goes under a different name in Europe). Please see past
postings for details.

    Norm Buchignani/University of Lethbridge/BUCHIGNANI@HG.ULETH.CA
"If we have been accustomed to deplore the spectacle...of a workman occupied
during his whole life in nothing else but the making of knife-handles or pins'
heads, we may find something quite as lamentable in the intellectual class, in
the exclusive employment of a human brain in resolving some equations, or in
classifying insects. [This] occasions a miserable indifference about the
general course of human affairs, as long as there are equations to solve and
pins to manufacture."                                      Auguste Comte