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- From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Can't print from lpt2
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.195018.2883@news.columbia.edu>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 19:50:18 GMT
- References: <1992Aug13.074811.24842@news.iastate.edu> <3104@isgtec.isgtec.com>
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- In article <3104@isgtec.isgtec.com> ted@isgtec.com (Ted Richards) writes:
- >mskreis@iastate.edu (Mark S Kreisberg) writes:
- >:
- >: I hooked up both printers, made sure the appropriate drivers were install-
- >: ed, and began some testing. The printer on lpt1 functions properly; however,
- >: when I try to print a file on the other printer, the process times out and I
- >: get a "Printer not responding!" message.
- >:
- >: Both ports work through DOS 5.0, so perhaps I'm doing something incorrectly.
- >: Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
-
- Actually, I get the same error on LPT1, unless I boot OS/2 with the printer
- online! I used to boot with the printer turned off, and IBM support had no
- ideas...they kept telling me that my cable must be bad, etc. Of course, my
- cable is just fine, it is probably another OS/2 bug :-( Possibly OS/2 doesn't
- like my generic LPT/COM/IDE card.
-
- Printer is an Epson L-1000, which is like the LQ510 and LQ850.
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