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- From: adap@edmund.cs.andrews.edu (Edsel Adap)
- Subject: Re: Printer problem with Final Copy II
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- Keywords: Genlock Final Copy Printer
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- References: <1993Jan8.043208.28919@bnr.ca>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 20:44:51 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan8.043208.28919@bnr.ca> bill@bnr.ca (Bill Brocklebank) writes:
- >Don't know if this is the right group, so I hope someone can help.
- >
- >A friend has an amiga 2000, 80meg hard drive, 2 - 3.5 floppies,
- >1 - 5.25 floppy, bridge card, and a Commodore Genlock. It's connected
- >to a Star NP-10 printer. He just had Workbench 2.0 installed.
- >
- >Two problems:
- >
- >1. He just got Final Copy II for Xmas (and had to upgrade to 2.0
- > Workbench). When he tries to print documents, it won't print text
-
- What do you mean "Had to upgrade to 2.0?" Does this mean that FC II won't
- run on a machine that doesn't have 2.0? Mine runs fine on a 1.3 system.
-
- > or pictures. If he chooses the postscript print option, the
- > postscript text prints fine on the printer. Printing from
- > Notepad, or Paint works fine. We went through the printer setup
- > panel when I was there, and tried a number of different
- > combinations, all to no avail. Interestingly, the resolution
-
- Were you using Graphic Printer (Final)?
-
- > selector, which goes from 1-7 always shows 300/300 DPI although
- > the manual seems to indicate they should change. Anyone who can
- > help?
-
- Mine changes if I slide the Density slider.
-
- >
- >2. Because the Genlock is installed, he cannot boot the amiga unless he
- > plugs in a video source and turns the video source on. (This was
- > also true when he had the Workbench 1.3 ROM installed.) This is a
- > major headache. Any one know a solution (short of removing the Genlock)?
-
- Probably a bent pin on the genlock and amiga connectors? Genlock defective?
-
- >
- >Please e-mail responses since I'm not a regular reader of this news
- >group, although I'll scan it for the next couple of days if thats the
- >only way you can send it. Thanks in advance for any help.
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- >- Bill Brocklebank | Network Management Systems Development | Bell Northern -
- >- bill@bnr.ca | (613)763-3863 fax(613)763-2626 | Research -
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