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From: dave@ea.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Printers w/model 4P
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Date: Fri, 15-Feb-85 21:34:00 EST
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Bill,

Your problem probably lies in your connection to the printer.

Are you sure you have connected the cable to the 4P properly?
I have hooked printers to the model 4, and you have to use
the right connector, and the cable must be on the right
way or you'll blow the fuse in the printer, causing the
failure to power-up as you described.

Make sure your cable is hookek up right, and that your
ribbon cable is undamaged.  If you continue to blow fuses in the
printers, you probably have a bad parallel interface in the 4P.

It seems unlikely that you got 2 defective printers in a row.
You should have no problem hooking your 4P up to any Centronics
parallel printer.

Hope this helps.

 Robert Braver

c/o dave@ea