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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
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Organization: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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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


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