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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 2000 printer problems
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Date: 15 Jun 88 18:15:34 GMT
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In article <45600042@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> jacobson@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>Any concrete suggestions as to what failed in my parallel port would be most
>appreciated. I will let you know if I find out the source of the trouble,
>for those curious (and future reference).
>Russ Jacobson

It seems hard to believe that printing a file to PRT: would cause the 
printer port to die. Some software type suggestions : 
	- First power cycle everything, the computer and the printer (and 
	the printer buffer if you have one). Something could have scribbled 
	on the in core copy of the printer device or set the printer to a 
	very weird mode.
	- Then check your preferences to see that the printer is still 
	redirected to the parallel port. Try printing something to PAR:
	- Then check that the appropriate drivers are installed and that
	you aren't using a bogus driver with a bogus printer.device.
	- What was it you were de-arcing? This could be a major clue here.
	- Reboot with a completely vanilla workbench and copy s:startup-sequence
	  to PAR:

If none of these work then suspect the hardware and swap the printer 8520 and
the serial port's 8520. If things get better you have found the problem. If
not then something else is really messed up.

--Chuck McManis
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