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DJW <ddwr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jul 24, 1:11 am, isw <i...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > In article <1ikk44j.wsbrcy1oiemn9N%al...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > al...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Alain191) wrote:
> > > DJW <d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > I have a Apple Personal Laser 320 printer. How do I stop the test
page
> > > > that is printed every time I turn the unit on? I once had stopped
it
> > > > with using some utility. And does it matter if the computer is
booted
> > > > up before I turn (plug in) the printer on. It has no on and off
switch
> > > > and I hardly every print with it so to save energy I unplug it.
> >
> > > With systems before mas OS X a soft "laser printer utility" offers
this
> > > choice, with mac OS X, I dont know.
> >
> > > Find an older mac with an older system and force this choice, it
remains
> > > in the printer memory.
> >
> > I had a LW 360 that couldn't be stopped from printing that page. In
the
> > process of attempting to get it to stop, I tried a lot of things,
> > including a snippet of Postscript that was supposed to stop it -- but
> > did not. I have long since lost that snippet, but you might be able to
> > google for it.
> >
> > Isaac
>
> Not quite sure what you mean by a snippet? And how the printer gets
> it. Is it a one-time thing? What words should I search google with?
A few lines -- maybe three or four.
It will start with the Postscript identifier "%!" (without the quotes),
and you can't just print it; you have to use an app that will send a
Postscript file. On older Mac systems, I would use BBEdit, which had a
"Send Postscript" command.
Again using pre-OS X systems, the Apple Laserwriter Utility (may not be
the correct name) had a command for turning the test page on and off.
And as a last resort, you can probably do what we finally started doing
with that LW 360 -- pull the paper tray out whenever you turn the
printer on. After three or four minutes, it won't print the test page
when you shove it in again.
Isaac
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