-=> Quoting Frank Malcolm to Dieter Mirbach <=-

 
 DM> I forget - AWA i think. In Talavera Rd, Nth Ryde.

 FM> Yeah, that's right - I'll call them.
 
 Don't rush - you could also try QMS in Melbourne - I don't know 
 if they are local in Sydney though.

 DM> Any luck at getting it going ?  Any sense of the settings ? I

 FM> No luck. It's been powered off for about a week, turned it on when I
 FM> read your message. The p/o sequence took the normal long time, but no
 FM> sample page at the end.
 
 Just have a quick look yourself - make sure all the plugables 
 are reseated, and the connectors are in properly.
 
 DM> did have a problem with the very short active time, and nothing
 DM> would print, unless it was a very short text page. I obtained
 DM> the following from QMS:
 
 DM> serverdict begin 0 exitserver
 DM> statusdict begin
 DM> 25 9600 0 setsccbatch
 DM> setdefaulttimeouts 0 60 30
 FM> .                  ^^^^^^^ Shouldn't the parameters come before
 FM> the command, PostScript being a stack
 FM> machine?
 
 Dunno, aint done Postscript programming. But this worked for me 
 anyway. And was direct from QMS USA Tech Support.

 FM> I told it that, no response. I think it's not receiving anything,
 FM> certainly the light's not flashing. If I can't think of anything
 FM> else I'll get AWA to look at it.

 Checked the thumbwheel position ? Are your comms to the printer 
 OK ?
 
 Dieter

 

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