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Posting for a friend who can't solve the following:

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I have printer initialization problems. Perhaps someone can help. I 
have an Epson LQ400 printer, an AT compatible (Taiwanese EMK-286V) 
with a Paradise-compatible VGA card (EMK-16 VGA1024)(set to 16 bit 
operation), a Genius mouse (using the MS Word driver), a TP250P 
monitor and umm, well, I hope that is enough. 
The problem is that, unless I boot up with the printer already on 
(which is very rare for me), it won't initialise when I do switch it 
on. The power light comes on, but that's all. If I fiddle about 
switching it on and off while sending print commands from a word 
processor, it will sometimes initialise, but not always. It may be 
the order in which I do things, though I have yet to find a reliable 
method. The printer initialises quite well if disconnected from the 
computer: in fact, if it has been switched on while disconnected 
then is plugged into the computer, it de-initialises itself! 
What's going on here?

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Any advice is welcome!

Thanks,

Denis Wright.