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Article #2856Re: Help zapping a printer
From: David Royster
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 1990 01:30
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 1990 01:30
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In article <1851@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov> toms@fcs260c2.ncifcrf.gov (Tom Schneider) writes: >I have an Apple LaserWriter IIntx PostScript printer. On occasion I mess up >and send it a straight ASCII text. It is then completely hung. The only way I >know how to restore its sanity is to turn it off and back on again, which is a >pain. We can't find a power CLEAR command in the PostScript books. Does >someone know how to do this? I have had the same situation occur and found that the ASCII character 4 (decimal) clears our PostScript Printer. We have a NEC 890. I am certain that it will work on a LaserWriter, because the reference manual for the NEC 890 is the same as that for the LaserWriter with the word LaserWriter replaced by NEC 890. So try ASCII 4. Create a file containing that one character and send it to the printer to reset it. I hope that this helps. dcroyster -- David C. Royster royster@unccvax.uncc.edu (128.109.143.1) Mathematics Department fma00dcr@unccvm.bitnet UNC Charlotte, Charlotte NC Augustus F. Mobius Jewelers---Rings to fit every finger.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mcnc!unccvax!royster From: royster@unccvax.uncc.edu (David Royster) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Help zapping a printer Message-ID: <2626@unccvax.uncc.edu> Date: 22 Aug 90 01:30:45 GMT References: <1851@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov> Reply-To: royster@unccvax.UUCP (David Royster) Organization: University of North Carolina at Charlotte Lines: 26