Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!sce!cognos!halo
From: halo@cognos.uucp (Hal O'Connell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Printer problems
Message-ID: <4837@enterprise.UUCP>
Date: 13 Dec 88 17:25:32 GMT
Article-I.D.: enterpri.4837
References: <5592@naakka.tut.fi> <5492@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: halo@cognos.UUCP (Hal O'Connell)
Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada
Lines: 49

In article <5492@cbmvax.UUCP> andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) writes:
>In article <5592@naakka.tut.fi> mk59200@tut.fi (Kolkka Markku Olavi) writes:
>>I recently bought a Star LC24-10 printer (same as NX2400 in U.S.) for

>>the printing stops after a few pages and the "Printer trouble" requester
>>pops up.  Clicking "Resume" doesn't help, printing doesn't continue and
>>the requester reappears after the timeout period.  I don't think it's
>>the printer's fault, because printing from Bridgeboard works OK.


>It's probably your cable.  Make sure both ACK and BUSY are connected.
>(Turns out the Amiga uses one for its primary handshake, the PC
>uses the other.)  The behavior you describe is consistent with
>this.
>>	Markku Kolkka
>andy finkel		{uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy


I don't think so. I have a Star NX-2400 and it exhibited all the same
problems. I'm convinced (and so is the store that sold me the system)
that the problem is the printer driver and parallel device. The cable 
provided is standard and separate from the printer. Here were
my symptoms:

With the 1.2 drivers the only driver that functioned (and not very well)
was the EPSON driver. 9 pins but at least it didn't hang.

With the 1.3 gamma drivers I switched to EPSONQ and had worse hanging
problems until I remembered to switch the parallel.device in DEVS. Most
of the problems disappeared (but occassionally it would refuse to print the
last line of a page).

With the 1.3 production drivers the EPSONQ driver works fine and is
significantly faster. I suspect that an upgrade to 1.3 to clear up
the problems is in order.

Mind you, it can't hurt to check the connection for the cable, just for
peace of mind...
-- 
Hal O'Connell                           Cognos Incorporated
UUCP:  uunet!mitel!sce!cognos!halo      P.O. Box 9707
VOICE: (613) 738-1338 x5933             3755 Riverside Dr. 
FAX:   738-0002                         Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA, K1G 3Z4

-- 
Hal O'Connell                           Cognos Incorporated
UUCP:  uunet!mitel!sce!cognos!halo      P.O. Box 9707
VOICE: (613) 738-1338 x5933             3755 Riverside Dr. 
FAX:   738-0002                         Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA, K1G 3Z4