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From: U33695@uicvm.uic.edu (John Walsh)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Printer on drugs
Message-ID: <91056.182753U33695@uicvm.uic.edu>
Date: 26 Feb 91 00:27:53 GMT
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I recently wrote that my Epson printer hooked to a Mac with a Grappler cable
was doing unspeakable things.  I switched GRapplers with my machine at work
(which connects my Mac to a Panasonic) and now both machines are working.
Put down my vote for computers.periph.possessed.
By the way, the responses I got were mostly of the form, "Whenever I get that,
I jiggle X, spin 3 times, throw salt over my shoulder, and sacrifice a floppy
disk."  This answer (and its variations) was very helpful-seriously.  It told
me: 1) Other people get the same thing; 2) there is no obvious solution; 3) try
everything until something works- and then try that first the next time.

Thank you very much,
John Walsh
U33695@UICVM.BITNET
p.s. I'm starting to think about getting a cheap laser printer. Anyone know
anything about the TI machines?