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From: garnett@cs.man.ac.uk (Paul Garnett PhD)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: AST Turbolaser - HELP!
Summary: Need some help with an AST Turbolaser
Keywords: AST HELP
Date: 5 Oct 92 13:03:52 GMT

I've been given an AST Turbolaser PS, no manual.
It gives the following error codes:
2 - mostly
4 - sometimes
6 - often
A - sometimes

Does anyone know what these mean and what possible causes may be.

It used to work, then someone replaced the OPC and toner and spread the latter
around liberally.  It has produced a test page since then, but only once.

I have tried AST in the UK - they don't want to know.

I would be really grateful if someone could help me out!
Maybe even the folks at AST?

Thanks
---Paul

PS please email me at:  garnett@cs.man.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun)
Subject: Re: 24pin color printing or KXP2124 vs HP500C - opinions?
Organization: City University, London
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 17:51:56 GMT

In article <1992Sep21.225220.8435@fcom.cc.utah.edu> dave@news.ccutah.edu (dave martin) writes:
>ewh@emf780.den.mmc.com (Edward Householder) writes:
>..
>:    More specifically I would like to how the 2123/2124's 
>: (or 24pin color printers in general) compare to the HP500C
>: printers.
>: 
>: Thanks for your help.
>: ______________
>: ed householder
>: email:  ewh@emf780.den.mmc.com
>: ...........................................................the end!
>I would also like this info.

I have printed out the same files on an NEC P7+ colour 24pin printer
and on the HP-DJ500C. Although the 24pin can address 360 dpi, the
dots are bigger and less accurate. Also the 360 dpi Y is achieved
by double printing - giving over dark results. So all in all you 
have to use 180 by 180 dpi for decent results. Cf the 500C which is
300 dpi with no restrictions.

As for the colours, the HP-DJ500C wins _hand down_. Bold, strong
colours versus slightly washed out colours on the 24pin.

Also the inkjet is quieter.

Finally the 24pin may crush the paper, on the other hand the inkjet
may make the paper look wetted.

Conclusion - HP500C wins.

--
Lionel Tun   (lionel@cs.city.ac.uk)
Vision Group, City University, London, EC1V 0HB. 071-477 8000 x 3889
From: jwhiting@igc.apc.org (Jerry Whiting)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Fax option for NEC laser printers
Date: 5 Oct 92 09:29:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #R:1992Sep25.201430.4060@dg-rtp.dg.:-1463302188:cdp:1355900003:000:635
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!jwhiting    Oct  5 02:29:00 1992


I have a 95.  I already called my dealer.  Box needs to go to a factory 
authorized repaird facility cuz it needs a little surgery.  Seems NEC 
didn't put in a port or card slot.  I was promised 1 to 1-1/2 day turn 
around.

At $595 list, I'll wait.  This hot a printer, the price will go down in 
9 months.  I went out and bought a stand along thermal paper box.

All that said and done, I probably will get the FAX option.  I saw some 
beta work at the PostScript conference a couple years back and between 
two such machines, the output is nothing short of incredible.


jwhiting

Azalea Software, Inc.
Bar code printing solutions.
From: km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: 3rd Tray for HPIIIsi?
Date: 30 Sep 92 16:32:42 GMT
Reply-To: km@mathcs.emory.edu
Organization: Emory University, Dept of Math and CS

Are their any third party products that allow one to add a third paper
tray to the HPIIIsi? 

---
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Atlanta, GA 30322   | Phone: Voice (404) 727-7963, FAX 727-5611

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: onward@fsg.com (Onward Lam)
Subject: Panasonic P4410
Organization: Fusion Systems Group, Ltd
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 20:10:23 GMT

Can someone provide some experience with this printer ?
It is some $130 cheaper than a LJIIP+, but there is only a 1 year
warranty, and the printer is still somewhat new on the market.

Thanks much.

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: seant@sunfish.ratsys.com (Sean D. True)
Subject: Looking for best source for TI microLaser RAM ...
Organization: Rational Systems, Inc.
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 15:51:23 GMT

Anybody found a cheap *and* reliable source for TI microLaser RAM upgrades.
Postscript really needs more than the 1MB upgrade it comes with ...
================================================================
Sean D. True
Rational Systems, Inc.
seant@ratsys.com -- uunet!rational!seant
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: edwards@world.std.com (Jonathan Edwards)
Subject: Re: Health effects of laser printers
Organization: IntraNet, Inc.
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 23:59:04 GMT

In article <BvGFqE.3Du@mail.boi.hp.com> ahill@boi.hp.com writes:
>FNOTMAN@ESTEC.BITNET () writes:
>>  They also don't appear to have a filter in P-type L-jets, I assume they don't
>> consider the usage adequate to pose a problem.
>>
>Same reason we don't have one in the Si - the P-series uses a transfer roller
>instead of a corona wire, thus no ozone creation.

Does this mean that I can expect future HP printers not to emit Ozone either?
I plan to buy the rumoured new model with a direct Windows GDI interface
anyway. So maybe I should take the money I would spend on ventilating my
home office and put it towards a new printer!

-- 
Jonathan Edwards				edwards@intranet.com
IntraNet, Inc					617-527-7020
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: hees@infko.uni-koblenz.de (Uwe Hees)
Subject: Ink for Canon BJ-300?
Organization: Universitaet Koblenz (FB Informatik)
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 14:56:10 GMT

Hello there!
Has anybody made experiences in refilling the ink cartridge of
a Canon bubble jet printer BJ-300? What kind of ink (or mixture)
do you use?
Answers from users at German sites are especially welcome.

--
Uwe Hees                        | hees@infko.uni-koblenz.de
D-5400 Koblenz, Germany         |       (NeXTmail ok)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: zaid@seas.gwu.edu (Zaid AL-wandawi)
Subject: Need advice on good Color Printer
Summary: Which printer to buy
Originator: zaid@seas.gwu.edu
Keywords: Color, nothing fancy, good price.
Organization: George Washington University
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 05:31:46 GMT

Hi there,

	If you have any advice or know of a recent magazine review, 
ftp document, etc. Please, Email inf. and I'll forward it.
	A printer that is reliable and prints colored brochures is what
I need. It does not have to be a high quality graphics printer.It is intended
for use in an office to produce colored brochures. Information about any kind
of printers and especially HP printers will be grately apreciated. Thank you
in advance.

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: iskandar@nynexst.com (Sam Iskandar)
Subject: Problem w/ QMS printer
Reply-To: iskandar@nynexst.com
Organization: NYNEX Science & Technology, Inc
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 19:10:10 GMT

Hi,

I just bought a QMS PS-1700 laser printer. It's really nice and fast and everything,
but it does not support troff. In other words if I format a file using troff (on
a Unix machine), then pipe it to the printer, I get an e-mail back from the
daemon saying that the job could not be printed. So if I try to use man -t to
print out man pages, it doesn't work also since the -t option does the troff format.
What can I do to get around the problem ? Any suggestions would help.


Thanks
Sam 


---
============================================================
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Nynex Science & Technology     Phone:  (914)644-2548
============================================================
From: yc23@uk.co.gec-mrc (Trevor Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Qume CrystalPrint Express - printing problems with several examples
Date: 29 Sep 92 12:27:42 GMT
Organization: GEC-Marconi Research Centre, Great Baddow, UK

We purchased a couple of these units some months ago and noticed
problems with an area at the top of the page, 4" in from the left hand
side, about 0.75" wide and an inch deep. Printing is either very faded
in this area or does not appear at all. Other non-printing patches have
been seen at the top, and the machines are not quite identical in their
faults.

Qume UK have replaced parts and both units completely with examples just
produced and we have
the same problem. Qume US know of the problem we understand but cannot
replicate it. Toner clumping is suggested, and a premature build up of
toner on the chroma wire.

We are close to rejecting both units and looking to another manufacturer
for a solution, but thought we would ask the net if anyone had the same
problem and any answers. maybe someone at Qume is listening and has an
answer.

Thanks

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: lichtin@olsen.ch (Martin Lichtin)
Subject: Multi paper-tray PS printer available?
Organization: Olsen & Associates, Zurich, Switzerland
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 20:26:13 GMT


I'm looking for a PostScript printer that handles more than one paper
tray. How can one switch between the trays then? Assuming a Unix
environment and the Transcript software, how can a user select a
specific paper tray for printing? Thanks for some information.

-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Olsen & Associates Ltd					Fax +41-1-422-2282
Seefeldstr. 233, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: westg@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (WEST GARY S)
Subject: Problem with Canon BJ-300
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 17:33:00 GMT

We are having a problem with some Canon BJ-300s that are about 2 months old.
Following the lead of a thread that appeared here recently we bought some 
printers, refill kits, and Parker Super Quink Ink so that we could refill the 
refill kits.  Now three of our five printers are down as follows:

	They will print one or two lines and then very streaky text that 
	quickly fades entirely.  

Cleaning and/or priming the print head as per the manual has no effect.  
Installing brand new cartridges doesn't fix the problem either.

Has anyone seen this problem before?  How did you fix it?

Email replies are greatly appreciated since we'd like to fix this ASAP.  I will
post a summary of replies for the benefit of all.

Gary
email: westg@rintintin.colorado.edu
From: ram@erc-sparc (Robert Malkin)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Daisywheel Printer For Sale
Date: 6 Oct 92 13:46:17 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4


I have a Brother HR20, Daisywheel printer for sale.
Excellent condition. Letter Quality. With extra ribbons.
$90 or best offer (less if you pay shipping and COD)

Bob

ram@erc.mc.duke.edu
From: rjh@cs.bham.ac.uk (Bob Hendley)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Kodak Ektaplus 7016
Keywords: Kodak Ektaplus 7016, printer,
Date: 29 Sep 92 09:16:16 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK


Does any one have any experience with these machines (They are combined
printers/copiers).

In particular, I'm unable to find out from our local dealers whether
there is an option to add an appletalk and/or ethernet interface. Any help
appreciated.


Thanks

Bob
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K. Goyal)
Subject: ? about font cards for laser printers
Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 15:50:22 GMT

Hello.

I am curious if anyone has worked with the

Intercon Gold font card

that USA Flex is selling for $79 with their IBM laser printers, or $99
by itself.

It says it has over 200 fonts, including the complete 25-in-1 set from
the Pacific Page card.

I know that you can't find the PP 25-in-1 card for less than $200.
Should I be worred that the Intercon is so cheap?  Or is it just a good
buy?

I have never heard of Intercon.  Have any of you?  If so, please reply
here or mail me with a number for the company.

I have never used a font card.  Are they quick?  Is it a slow process to
access the fonts on the card?

Thanks.
From: glewis@tbag.tscs.com (Geoffrey Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Post Script Language
Date: 25 Sep 92 02:05:28 EST
Organization: Tampa Bay Amiga Group

We use an Amiga with Professional Page and Professional Draw, by Gold Disk.  We do not have a laser printer.  According to the manual Post Script printers have a standardized language in which a file can be sent to it reguardless of the computer.  I have printed the files to disk as a Post Script file and an Encapsulated Post Script Format file.  The disk is IBM format.  I have taken the disk to printing services that have Mac's that accepted IBM disks.  According to the operators they can not print it if 

it was not created on a Mac.  The ProPage manual said it could be imported into any desktop publishing program and printed, but it would not show on the screen.  If you can help me, please leave me a message.  
        Thanks in advance!

--- Via UCI v1.02 (C-Net Amiga)

Geoffrey S. Lewis
Twin Star Recording Studio
From: kr@asacsg.mh.nl (Koos Remigius)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: XonXoff handling....
Date: 29 Sep 92 16:14:24 GMT
Organization: ASAC Nederland b.v.


Hi,

I have a Dec LA75 printer connected to my AT. It's a printer that has only
one problem, it uses XonXoff. Dos does not support XonXoff, so my question is
as follows: Is there a TSR available that wil do XonXoff handling ?

Thanks in advance,

	Koos Remigius.

-- 
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Asac Nederland B.V	              uucp: ..!{uunet,hp4nl}!mh.nl!kr
Coenecoop 7, 2741 PG Waddinxveen,  The Netherlands
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From: jzemo@joseph.WPI.EDU (Jonah August Zemo)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: PostScript <==> Brother/Kyocera Printer Language
Date: 28 Sep 1992 17:56:47 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: joseph.wpi.edu

The company I am working for currently has a large number of Brother
and Kyocera printers that run in HPII emulation mode most of the time.
However, many applications escape into prescribe/postscribe?? to do 
various tasks such as line drawing, borders, etc.  These applications
are currently being ported to UNIX boxes.  To avoid major changes, we
are looking for any information on software (shareware/PD/commercial)
that would allow us to use prescribe/postscribe?? on regular PostScript
printers.  If no such software is available, I would greatly appreciate
any information on the prescribe/postscribe language as I will have to
write such a filter.

Thank you,
Jonah Zemo

(jzemo@wpi.wpi.edu)
From: tedwards@cam.nad.northrop.com (Tony Edwards 27541)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: HP Paintjet XL300
Date: 6 Oct 92 22:51:07 GMT
Organization: Northrop Aircraft Division - Operations Productivity, Hawthorne, CA

I have a HP Paintjet XL300 and i am having problems printing Coreldraw
color files that are large, I have 2 meg of memory on the printer and
i am running a 386 25mhz with 8 meg of memory. 
The printer prints about a third of the file and then prints " printer
out of memory " The manual says buy more memory. I wanted to know if
there are any print cache or utilitys that might help me with this problem.

Thanks in Advance 
Tony
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 11:42:11 EDT
From: Peter Parisi <PXP8@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Big Name DJ refill kits???

I came on an interesting piece of info while calling an office supplies
place for DJ ink capsules.  Was told that they (Office Max) also stock
refill kits from Xerox (!) and Pelikan, though they had neither in stock.  I
got this info from two clerks at two stores.  Neither was really clear on
details.  Xerox kit was said to include ink and cost $10.  Pelikan (sp?) kit
was said to have a refill needle.

Has anyone seen or tried these gizmos?  They sound interesting.  IN my
experience with refilling, the refill can't quite produce top quality,
largely, I think, because fountain pen ink just doesn't flow as well thru
the jets (please correct me if I'm wrong on this--but I know the refills
aren't as good, though good enough for all but the fanciest presentations).
It's also intriguing to see some corporate names getting in on what has been
strictly a cottage industry so far.  This may bring more useful infor and
better results.  So, again, has anyone tried them?

Peter Parisi, Humanities, Penn State Harrisburg
From: buchignani@hg.uleth.ca
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: NEC silentwriter 95
Date: 4 Oct 92 18:51:39 GMT
Reply-To: buchignani@hg.uleth.ca
Distribution: comp.periphs.printers
Organization: University of Lethbridge

please go back to the archive for a number of positive reviews
of the Silentwriter 95. I have one, and feel it is far superior to
a IIIp plus postscript card: easy emulation switching; all ports
active at the same time; faster print engine; 250 pp paper tray.

PCL4 is a subset of PCL5, so there is no problem there.

To add a few more features: an envelope feeder that works, more
control panel options, postscript 2 as op 1...

    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
From: p3ay@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Bill Noon)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Help with a Printronix 300 printer
Date: 30 Sep 92 09:10:44 EDT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Cornell University

I have a Printronix 300 printer that keeps halting with the check light on 
every few pages.  We don't have a manual for this beast and the frustration
level is rising.

Has anybody out there had a simular problem (and found a fix)?  

Could someone send me the address of where I can get a manual.

Please e-me directly with any and all responces.

Thanks a lot -- Bill Noon

Cornell Department of Atmospheric Sciences
p3ay@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
or
noon@metvax.cit.cornell.edu
Organisation: European Space Technology Centre (E.S.T.E.C)
Date: Thursday, 1 Oct 1992 13:41:27 CET
From: <FNOTMAN@ESTEC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: 3rd Tray for HPIIIsi?

>From: km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg)
>Subject: 3rd Tray for HPIIIsi?
>Date: 30 Sep 92 16:32:42 GMT
>
>Are their any third party products that allow one to add a third paper
>tray to the HPIIIsi?

 Can't say for certain, BUT. When I was at CeBit in Hanover last year, there
was a German company with a "table" for laser printers (didn't include IIISi,
but it was quite new, and it's got 2 anyway). The printer was stood on it and
the paper tray removed and a mechanical feeder added in it's place that fed
from the stand. The stand could have upto 5 trays, all seperately addressable
with different media. They had several models for L-jets, KYOCERA nad some
others.

 If one company makes a Gizmo in Germany, I reckon another either markets it
or makes one in the states.

 Sorry I can't give any more info but I "purged" the bumf about 2 months back.
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: mreese@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mike Reese)
Subject: Re: Health effects of laser printers
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 03:37:09 GMT

In article <1992Sep28.233556.6124@news.ysu.edu> af954@yfn.ysu.edu (Maoee Tsen) writes:
>
>In a previous article, edwards@world.std.com (Jonathan Edwards) says:
>
>>What, if any, are the health effects of laser printers?
>>I can smell some sort of fumes emitted by my HP Laserjet.
>>I guess this is the solvent used in the toner.
>>What is this stuff?
>	I thought that stuff is ozone which is generated by the high
>voltage eletrode.  Copier also has the same odor too.  I don't think they
>are good to my health :-(

Yes, it is indeed ozone.  As a matter of fact, HP's high-end printers
(IIID and IIISi) actually have an ozone filter inside of them.
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From: A.Halsall@bradford.ac.uk (Andrew Halsall)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: CENTRONICS PRINTSTATION 352 - help wanted
Date: 3 Oct 92 11:24:07 GMT
Organization: University of Bradford, UK
Originator: 91697413@ccw124


Hello, I would like a little bit of technical help from all you people out in 
net land. I have recently been given a CENTRONICS PRINTSTATION 352 which I am
assured is in working order. 

When I turn the beast on the front of it lights up like a christmas tree. All
it`s control panel lights come on and stay on. The machine stays like this 
and appears to lock up. I can't even get it to load paper. Is there anyone 
out there who knows how to get this thing working? Is there anybody out there
who would be able to supply me with a copy of the manual for it? (I would
quite happily pay for the postage). 

Please reply here or by email. Thanks very much.

Andy.

-- 
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	Internet: A.Halsall@bradford.ac.uk
	JANET:    A.Halsall@uk.ac.bradford
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: edwards@world.std.com (Jonathan Edwards)
Subject: Health effects of laser printers
Organization: IntraNet, Inc.
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 21:19:50 GMT

What, if any, are the health effects of laser printers?
I can smell some sort of fumes emitted by my HP Laserjet.
I guess this is the solvent used in the toner.
What is this stuff?
And is it heavier or lighter than air (so I can properly position a
ventilation duct to get rid of it)? Thanks.


-- 
Jonathan Edwards				edwards@intranet.com
IntraNet, Inc					617-527-7020
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.unix.ultrix
From: Phong Ngo <phongn@math.uio.no>
Subject: printcap entry, driver for Facit 4542/44 
Organization: University of Oslo
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 09:02:38 GMT


  Hi everyone,

  I need a printcap entry and driver for one Facit 4542/44 (Flex hammer
printer) in a DEC 5000/200. Every info regard such things would be
appreciated.

  Thanks in advance.

  phong ngo

  Institute for geophysics
  University of Oslo

 
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: jenseng@bojangles.rtp.dg.com (Greg Jensenworth)
Subject: Fax option for NEC laser printers
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 92 20:14:30 GMT
Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC

I am trying to locate some information on the fax option for some of the
NEC laser printers.   I recall something about send/receive and fax modem
capabilities.

Also, information about this sort of thing for other laser printers would
be handy as well.

Thanks

-- 
Greg Jensenworth                        |
LG Computers, Inc. on contract to:      | LG: (919) 361-0693 
          Data General Corporation      | DG: (919) 248-6368
          62 T.W. Alexander Drive       | 
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