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From: blgardne@javelin.es.com (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Canon PJ1080A probs...
Message-ID: <1991Feb4.165455.25520@javelin.es.com>
Date: 4 Feb 91 16:54:55 GMT
References: <1991Feb3.210859.8483@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Reply-To: blgardne%javelin@dsd.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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42_153@uwovax.uwo.ca writes:

>I'm having problems getting a Canon PJ-1080A colour printer to work on my
>B2000. I've set the dip switches according to the printer drivers setup in my 
>AmigaDos 1.3 manual, but the printer just hangs and I get a printer error.
>Swapping out the printer cable had no effect, and the printer works just
>fine on an MS-DOS type machine. My current printer (Star NX1000) works on my
>system without a hitch...........any ideas?

Make sure that both handshaking lines are connected on both ends of your
printer cable. You probably only have one of them connected.
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