spellman@hplchm.HP.COM (Miles Spellman) (09/26/86)
I have an 82906A printer which used to be hpib but has had the hpib board ripped out to make it centronics and so pc compatible. It works fine with characters but when I send epsom fx-80 graphics to it it barfs. I suspect its the dipswitch configuration. Since the manual has long ago dissappeared its non-trivial to arrive at the correct setting. If anyone has the switch settings please reply or send mail to hplabs!spellman . Thanx Miles Spellman hplabs!spellman 415-857-4459
jmsellens@watdragon.UUCP (John M Sellens) (09/30/86)
In <1670001@hplchm.HP.COM> spellman@hplchm.HP.COM (Miles Spellman) writes:
[ A query about an HP product]
Not meaning to pick on Miles, but it does seem strange that an HP employee
would have to go to the net to find out about an HP product. If HP employees
don't know how to find such (relatively trivial) information internally,
what kind of service does HP provide to its customers? This could of
course be an isolated case, but I'd hate to think of this as a common
problem.
John Sellens
{decvax|utzoo|ihnp4|allegra|clyde}!watmath!watdragon!jmsellens
jmsellens@dragon.waterloo.{edu,CDN} jsellens@watmta.BITNET
jmsellens%dragon@waterloo.csnetkam@hp-pcd.UUCP (kam) (10/01/86)
Miles: The 82906A was was a refitted FX-80. Re-fitted in the ROMs. The FX-80 ROMs were replaced with HP PCL ROMs. No switch settings or anything else that you can do (short of changing the ROMs) will fix it. Keith Marchington Corvallis Workstation Operation
spellman@hplchm.HP.COM (Miles Spellman) (10/10/86)
>In <1670001@hplchm.HP.COM> spellman@hplchm.HP.COM (Miles Spellman) writes: >[ A query about an HP product] > >Not meaning to pick on Miles, but it does seem strange that an HP employee >would have to go to the net to find out about an HP product. If HP employees >don't know how to find such (relatively trivial) information internally, >what kind of service does HP provide to its customers? This could of >course be an isolated case, but I'd hate to think of this as a common >problem. > >John Sellens Well, I finally got my printer to work like an epson, (new roms). In regard to John's concerns about trivial info. I think he should realize that this is a non-hp intended use of the product so its not really surprising that such info is hard to come by. (sort of like asking toyota how to install a datsun engine in an old toyota).