Re: resetting a printer through postscript

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From: Guy Riddle
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 1988 22:37

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The following reboots LaserWriters and probably most other PostScript printers:

	%!
	serverdict begin
	0 % or whatever your password is
	exitserver
	systemdict begin
	quit

You then have to wait a while until the printer is ready to listen
to you again.

		=== Guy Riddle == AT&T Bell Laboratories, New Jersey ===
				   ggr@garage.att.com

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From: ggr@granjon.UUCP (Guy Riddle)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: resetting a printer through postscript
Keywords: reset.ps?
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Date: 4 Aug 88 22:37:06 GMT
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