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From: sher@bbn.com (Lawrence D. Sher)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: printer initialisation problem
Keywords: printer,initialise,paradise
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Date: 5 Jun 91 11:51:22 GMT
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In article <6762@gara.une.oz.au> dwright@gara.une.oz.au (Denis Wright) writes:
>I have printer initialization problems. Perhaps someone can help. I 
>have an Epson LQ400 printer, an AT compatible (Taiwanese EMK-286V) 
>...
>The problem is that, unless I boot up with the printer already on 
>(which is very rare for me), it won't initialise when I do switch it 
>on. The power light comes on, but that's all. If I fiddle about 
> ...

I had a similar problem with a Dell 310.  Dell's excellent hotline
came through again with the advice to put an isolator in the lpt line
going to the printer.  They had such for $20 (I think) so I gave my VISA
number and it appeared in a day or two.  Voila, problem solved.  The
isolator turned out to be a male-female DB25 adapter (zero-length cable)
that had a 220 ohm (I think) resistor in every line!  I don't know
whether these beasties are purchasable at your corner computer store.
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