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From: reneb@philica.ica.philips.nl (Rene Bax)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Turn printer on BEFORE turning on PC??
Message-ID: <790@philica.ica.philips.nl>
Date: 2 Apr 91 17:14:56 GMT
Reply-To: reneb@ica.philips.nl ()
Organization: Philips TDS, Innovation Centre Aachen
Lines: 16

hello guys,

I have a problem with my HP Laserjet III connected to my 33 Mhz 386DX
machine. Whenever I want to use the printer, I must turn it on *before* I turn
on the PC, otherwise the application (e.g. windows) which wants to print
something can't find the printer and just 'hangs'.
I don't know my BIOS (utilities say :'BIOS unknown') so maybe the problem
is in there.
Does anyone know this problem, and is there a cure for it??
All help greatly appreciated.

Rene Bakx
Innovation Centre Aachen
Email: reneb@ica.philips.nl

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