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Date:	Sun, 16 Mar 2003 12:12:14 PST8
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: LexMark problem

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Jack Huffman wrote:

> In my previous message I said the printer printed zilch. That is true but
> the black head went through motions which suggested to me that it was
> doing everything but putting ink on the page.
>
> I am sorry if I was not clear before.

Clear enough. What you said last message, and in this one, seems to point back squarely in the hardware
direction. If you have some version of Win, and get the same results printing from there, that would tend to ice
it -- if the print-from-DOS app. attempts have not already done so. In that case, I'd say to give Steve Carter's
cartridge-related suggestions a run-through. If the problem turned out to be elsewhere than the cartridges, I
don't know what else to look at in the printer.

In many cases, the cost of fixing such a printer is not really economical. I have the impression you are not
local to this area (SoCal) ? If you were local, I could say that I have taken inkjet printers to a certain
repair shop that does good work on the major brands for notably less cost than many other repair shops. However,
this tends to make more sense for the higher end models, or those that are semi-unique in certain regards and no
longer on the market, such as the Epson 1160. (For example, most latter day inkjet models are "WinPrinters" that
no longer support DOS printing. I'm totally unwilling to give up my great-but-extinct DOS word-processor, whose
extant set of printer drivers only support a certain list of older printer models, or somewhat later models that
were built around the same printer command codes. Given that scenario, I'm willing to spend the money.)

Jordan

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