Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnewsj!rcd
From: rcd@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (rana.c.dutt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: HP Deskjet Plus and the Atari ST
Message-ID: <4275@cbnewsj.ATT.COM>
Date: 21 Mar 90 15:49:50 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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My brother just bought an HP Deskjet Plus for his ST. I remember people
reporting power up problems that affect the ST's parallel port when 
this printer is attached. 

There seems to have been two kinds of problems: 1) the Deskjet Plus
allegedly causing hardware damage to the ST's parallel port and 2) a problem
that causes TOS not to print to the Deskjet if the wrong power up sequence
is used.

Problem 2) had to do with the STROBE line, and I have saved John Logajan's
article detailing a PNP transistor attachment to fix it. 

Now, what was the conclusion to problem 1)? Is it true that if the DJ Plus
is directly connected to the ST parallel port, damage can be done to the 
port? Thanks for any replies, and I'm sorry if this has come up before.

Rana Dutt
rcd@mtqua.att.com