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From: ack@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Andy J. Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: printer won't respond
Keywords: bop
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Date: 15 Jun 88 20:28:24 GMT
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In article <1954@rayssdb.ray.com> dwh@rayssdb.ray.com (David W. Humphrey) writes:

>	Problem:  A friend just bought an SE w/HD20 and ImageWriter II.  All
>connections are correct, the printer test pattern works, the ready light is
>on, etc., but the printer won't respond.  Working with him over the phone, I
>told him to try printing in MacWrite, MacPaint, and to type command-shift-4
>to print the active window - nothing worked.  What are we forgetting here?

Did you select the printer in the Chooser?  Do you have the proper drivers
(ImageWriter II) in the System folder?

-ajw


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