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- From: dpa@canit.se (Daniel Andersson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Canon LBP-430 problems
- Date: 28 Jan 1996 22:47:22 +0100
- Organization: CanIt Public Access, Stockholm
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- Warren Block (wblock@rapidnet.com) wrote:
- : grumpy@quiknet.com wrote:
- : : Hi,
-
- : : I just bought a Canon LBP-430 laser printer. I tried it out first on
- : : my IBM clone and it worked fine. I then downloaded the drivers for the
- : : Amiga and hooked it to my Amiga 2000. When I tried to boot, the
- : : computer just locked up. I unhooked the printer, and the computer
- : : booted fine. After double checking my cables I tried booting with the
- : : printer hooked up again. This time the printer FRIED ONE OF MY CIA
- : : CHIPS! I have replaced the CIA and have my computer working again, but
- : : I need to know WHY the printer fried my CIA chip and WHAT I can do
- : : about it.
-
- : : I have used Canon BJ-200's and Epson Stylus 800's on my Amiga 2000
- : : without any problems! What is different about this Canon LBP-430 laser
- : : printer? Does anyone know????
-
- : The printer may have one of the fancier parallel ports which can
- : communicate back with the computer. Check the manual for setting this to
- : standard parallel. Also check the pin connections for the port and make
- : sure any voltages supplied by the Amiga are disconnected in the cable or
- : go to a unused pin. Oh, and make sure you have a normal parallel cable
- : and not one of those Bi-tronics ones.
-
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-
- I'm not sure what the problem is but aren't these printers so called
- Windows-printers without memory and processor?
-
- Are sure that they will work with the Amiga? I've heard that it's even
- hard to connect it to a system using OS/2 or MS-Dos. The only thing it's
- guaranteed to work on is computers using Windows.
-
-
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