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- From: rap@bnr.co.uk (Richard Porter)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Printing problems (was: Dongles affecting ...)
- Message-ID: <1k0pnlINN233@bnsgd245.bnr.co.uk>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 13:25:09 GMT
- References: <ssudavss.727956414@reading> <1k0kf2INNm5o@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM>
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- In article <1k0kf2INNm5o@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM> andyf@uk.sun.com
- (Andy Fox) writes:
-
- >I have also noticed this problem.
-
- >I am using an A5000, RO3.1, DeskJet 500C and Impression 2.
-
- I have an A5000, RO3.0 (sore point), JP150 and Acorn DTP etc.
-
- >I don't think that the problem lies with the dongle, though.
- >It would appear that the A5000 or maybe RO3.1, just doesn't know about
- >the printer, unless it is switched on when you power up the A5000.
-
- Yes, I get that too, and I also get the printer locked up if I abort a
- print in the middle when using RO3 printer drivers (i.e. not 1W+). I then
- need to switch the printer off and on, or even reboot, to get it to work.
-
- >On power-up, the A5000 forces the DeskJet to do it's initialisation tests
- >again and after that all printing operations work fine.
-
- >Perhaps someone more versed with the printer hardware can tell us what's
- >really going on.
-
- There's another problem I get when printing more than one copy. Spurious
- characters appear at the top of the second and subsequent copies of the same
- page, but the first copy of each page comes out cleanly. Any ideas?
-
- Richard Porter
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