my printer may have died

[Bruce Marshall]

On Friday 10 January 2003 18:11 pm, Aaron Grewell wrote:
> Wow, I've never heard of anyone being able to kill an LJIII.  They are
> some of the most indestructible printers I've ever seen.  The easiest
> way (once you've printed a test page to make sure the printer isn't
> well and truly dead) is to plug it into a different machine.  Use a
> different cable as well to make sure it isn't the cable.  You should
> know if there's communication since the thing blinks whenever you send
> it anything.  No blinky, no worky. ;)
>

I feel the same about the LJIII  and still own one of the 'tanks'.

Also try to print the 'test' page...  (but I forget how and the printer 
isn't nearby at the present time)

Usually if you send something to the printer that 'farkles' it, turning 
it off and on will usually cure the problem.



> On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 14:48, Bonez wrote:
> > Help:
> >
> > I went to print to my trusty HP laser jet iii and it stopped
> > responding.
> >
> > I am not sure if I have sent it some weird command that makes it not
> > talk to my system any more (caldera 3.1) but it has printed fine for
> > the past several months. Now, neither Windows nor Linux will print
> > to it.
> >
> > How do I test it to see if the communication is there?
> >
> > Scott
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