FW: [Thinkpad] Win98 on 600X won't print

-----Original Message-----
From: Andre' Blanchard [mailto:amblan57@bellatlantic.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 1:48 PM
To: Jeffrey Race
Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] Win98 on 600X won't print

Hello:

Assuming the issue is to troubleshoot the hookup, I would go to a dos prompt
and type in the following:

echo hello > LPT1:

or

echo hello > COM<X>:

where X can be the appropriate numeric for the COM port your printer is
connected to (1-4, usually)

With the first connection point there are typically no user settings; with
the second you will most likely have to set the Baud Rate, parity, number of
bits, etc, i.e. 'match' up these values with the settings Windows 98
configures for this (usually 9600 N 8 1, i.e. 9600 bits/s No parity, 8 data
bits 1 Stop bit)

To eject the paper you may have to issue a form feed, i.e.

ctrl L

or in actual keystrokes

^L (Shift 6 and uppercase L) i.e.

echo ^L > LPT1:

If this works, then you have validated connectivity. Next, you should
experiment with the appropriate GUI interface, i.e. the Printer driver
display page, the Print Spool Window interface, etc.

HTH

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> Behalf Of Jeffrey Race
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 2:16 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Win98 on 600X won't print
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>
> Print jobs do not emerge from the print queue to the physical
> printer, either on the
> serial or the parallel port. How can I diagnose what is wrong?
>
> Jeffrey Race
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