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From: mussar@bcars53.UUCP (G. Mussar)
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers
Subject: Re: Problems with HP Laser Jet II
Keywords: HPLJ II
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Date: 12 Jul 90 21:07:46 GMT
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In article <9007120321.AA28490@crayola.cs.UMD.EDU> adasoft@grebyn.com (AdaSoft) writes:
>HP Laser Jet Series II. In last three months we blow out
>our parallel board 7 times. We have three PC computers
>(two 386(25&33Mhz) and one 286(6Mhz) that are manually
>switched on the parallel board and Macintosh IIci hooked
>up on the serial port (not at the same time!)

I thought I had heard that use of a mechanical switch on HP parallel ports
voids the warranty because of transients and/or static problems. You are
supposed to use an electronic switching mechanism.

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