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From: shiva@well.sf.ca.us (Kenneth Porter)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Help Zapping a LaserWriter
Summary: Similar experience with hanging NEC LC890
Message-ID: <20118@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 4 Sep 90 07:12:03 GMT
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I've had trouble with my LC890 hanging and requiring a power
cycle to reset.  It is normally controlled from a Sun under a
lpd and some filters of my own design.  I send a ^D after every
job, as well as sending stuff before the job to put the host
and filename in the printer's LCD display.
 
I just started seeing this hanging phenomenon after some months
of operation.  If I connect the printer to a PC running a
terminal emulator after it gets into this state, I can do a ^T
and see %%[status: idle]%%, but typing normal commands gets no
response, even an error message.  Since it doesn't happen
frequently, and the last time it happened, I needed some
printout immediately, I just power-cycled it.  Next time, I'll
try ^C and ^Q, but I think I did try this with no effect, as
they're obvious things to try.