Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!usc!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!parc!mdixon From: mdixon@parc.xerox.com (Mike Dixon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: powering off the printer and FAQ -- Question #1 Message-ID: Date: 16 Jan 91 00:29:15 GMT References: Sender: news@parc.xerox.com Organization: Xerox PARC Lines: 17 (oops. i recently switched from gnus to nn, which seems to be eat the last line of my postings). wrt powering off the printer, what i tried to say was check out the 'nppower' command. i 'nppower off' my printer when i don't expect to use it for a while, and it's automatically powered -> on the next time i print something (you don't need to 'nppower on') wrt to ftping, what i tried to say was actually, just transfer everything in binary mode. (text mode just gives you lf/cr conversions between unlike OS's, but for unix-to-unix -> transfers you don't need it and are better off without it.) (eat *this* line, if you must) -- .mike.