pv9y@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU (02/06/89)
Hi, One of our public LaserWriter+ printers has started giving an Offending Command, invalid password whenever we try to print. I'm assuming that somehow the internal postscript password has been reset, although I don't know how since a person printed three pages of a SuperPaint document, got two blank pages, and then started getting that error, which hasn't gone away since. I know that the password can be reset fairly easily with setpassword, but I don't know the current password to do that. I also couldn't figure out enough postscript from the reference manual this afternoon to get a loop to work since the printer generates a stop code whenever setpassword fails. So, I need a program (preferably tested, since I'm not a programmer and figuring out programming languages is a hassle) which will loop through all the possible passwords (which are up to three digit integers, I believe), find the incorrect password, and set it to the default, zero. As far as I've been able to discern no one in Cornell Computer Services knows postscript and it's a little hard to call information and ask to be connected with a Postscript programmer. If all else fails, snippets of code would be slightly helpful, but I would like a real program so that when this happens again, we can use the program again. Please e-mail to me since I might miss something which is posted. Thanks a lot! Adam C. Engst pv9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu "You can never step into the same text twice." pv9y@cornella.cit.cornell.edu