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From: madler@kanga.caltech.edu (Mark Adler)
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Subject: Re: nppower-how do I turn the printer off?
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Date: 4 Mar 91 04:49:31 GMT
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Peter Marinac would like:

>>            2) Change nppower so that 'me' can power up the printer.

It can.  You need to say "/usr/etc/nppower off" (or on), since /usr/etc is
not in me's default path.

>>            3) Have the printer turned on the first time I try to print

It does.

By the way, I just got my printer from Businessland.  It was quite clearly
*never* used, however, they still say that I don't get the one year NeXT
warranty (just 30 days from them).  It still had all the original packing
and protection.

One little problem was that it came with a power cord for Europe (possibly
why it was never used).  I was too impatient to call B'land and wait for
a new cord, so I just cut the end off and put on a good ole' American
three-prong job on there (being careful to wire the hot and neutral
correctly).

It works great.  It was such fun, I got carried away printing things and
killing trees.  I've toned down now some, and only print out when I need
to actually give something to someone else.

Mark Adler
madler@pooh.caltech.edu