fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip M Gieszczykiewicz) (02/12/91)
Greetings. I'm in the process of "grasping at straws" - as they say. I have 2 computers and 2 printers. I have an Apple //e and a Kaypro 10. I have one TEC F10-55 and an Infoscribe 1000. Fine. I can hook up both printers to my Apple and they work like a dream. When I hook them up to the K10, I get text that has random grabage in many places - quite bad, actually or no text at all. The main problem that I'm having is the fact that I have no docs for my printers. The TEC has an 8-bit and a 12-bit DIP switch while the Infoscribe has an 8-bit DIP switch. I have no idea what they do - less experimentation.... Could the problem be that the Stobe and busy are interchanged or that busy is never called by the printer. I have docs for the computers - no problems there. Anyone? The TEC is a Diablo 630 "clone" and the InfoScribe is a fast 9-pin dot matrix. The infoscribe is on its 13th box of paper so it's not like I just got the printer last week :-) Is there a trick? Some line that's not quite standard? Anything! Take care. -- _______________________________________________________________________________ "The Force will be with you, always." It _is_ with me and has been for 10 years Filip Gieszczykiewicz "... a Jedi does it with a mind trick... " ;-) FMGST@PITTVMS or fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu "My ideas. ALL MINE!!"
lesley@cavebbs.gen.nz (Lesley Walker) (02/14/91)
In article <90150@unix.cis.pitt.edu> fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz) writes: > > I can hook up both printers to my Apple and they work like a > dream. > > When I hook them up to the K10, I get text that has random > grabage in many places - quite bad, actually or no text at all. > Have you considered the possibility of a faulty printer port on the Kaypro? I don't know anything about your two printers, unfortunately, but I've just recently attached a printer to my Kaypro and it seems to work okay. My printer was previously attached to an IBM-compatible, and I didn't have to change any setups at all. So, I suggest you try your printers on an IBM and see if they do the same thing. -- Lesley Walker, Wellington, NZ. email: lesley@cavebbs.gen.nz Lesley.Walker@bbs.actrix.co.nz Fido: 3:771/160 (GenBOARD)