#: 19719 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    14-Feb-94  21:29:37
Sb: #19709-Printer Problems
Fm: John R. Wainwright 72517,676
To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203

 > Can one of the hardware, expert types help me out? I am having some very
 > frustrating experiences in getting my computers to work with a printer
switch I

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 > Any ideas?
 >

Bob,
        I'm not exactly a hardware expert, but I have some experience in this
area that I can pass along.  I used to have two 25-pin switches set up to
switch either the DeskJet-500 or the Epson-24pin to the MM/1 or the "386"
without moving cables.  Since installing the 68340 in the MM/1, I can still use
the switch boxes or a printer buffer I borrowed with the DeskJet, but the ONLY
way I can print on the Epson with the MM/1 is a direct 6-foot cable.

A longer cable, any kind of switch or buffer, (and maybe a full moon) and the
Epson prints trash.  Slowing the CPU speed to 8 megs did not help.  Cussing at
it in three languages didn't do much either.  Now, the "386" has the Epson and
the MM/1 has the DeskJet.  If I want to change it, I have to move cables.


           John R. Wainwright
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