Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!network!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpl-opus!hpccc!wright From: wright@hpccc.HP.COM (Jeff Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: DeskJet Plus weirdness Message-ID: <5330013@hpccc.HP.COM> Date: 11 Aug 89 14:55:19 GMT References: <1546@ns.network.com> Organization: Cupertino Manufacturing Operation Lines: 14 > Well, I just got my DeskJet Plus printer, and it didn't work (at first.) > > It turns out that I have to power up the DeskJet before I power up my > Atari 520 ST, or the handshaking between the two comes up hung. > > If I thereafter power down/up the DeskJet, I've lost the printer until > I push the reset button on the Atari. I had the same problem with mine. About a month ago somebody posted a desk accessory to either comp.binaries.atari.st or comp.sources.atari.st that supposedly "resets" the parallel printer port so that you can turn the printer on or off at will. I haven't tried it yet. --Jeff "not connected with the DeskJet, just an owner" Wright