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From: tvz@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Timothy Van Zandt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Printer power on-off --- Announce mail arrival.
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Date: 24 Jan 91 21:16:29 GMT
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It was previously mentioned in this newsgroup that the command
nppower can be used to turn the Next printer on and off, and
that the printer automatically powers back on the next time
something is printed.

I have two more bits of information and a question:

The application /NextAdmin/PrinterTester also has a power switch.
nppower is faster if a terminal window is already open, and only
nppower can be used when logged in remotely from a VT100 terminal.

It is possible to keep the Next printer from powering up during
startup by commenting out the line in the /etc/rc script that initiates
the Next Printer daemon /usr/lib/NextPrinter/npd. However, this
daemon must then be started from a terminal before any applications can
print.

Now the question: Does anyone now how to have the printer power up
automatically (without first issuing a command from a window) the first
time something is printed, rather than during startup?

Also, two questions about Mail: How can I get mail to make a sound
to announce the arrival of mail? How can I get the Mail Icon to show
that there is mail only when Active.mbox has mail, rather than also
when there is mail stored is another mailbox?

Suggestions mailed to tvz@princeton.edu would be greatly appreciated.

Tim