Alex wrote: > hi all-- > > am rather unfamiliar with imagewriter printers, but I have set up > an orig imagewriter to a mac centris running OS7.6. When I send a > document to print using simpletext, the docu says it's printing, and > nothing happens on the imagewriter. (the printer is online and ready) > > I have the only imagewriter extension I could find installed. Version > 7 something I believe. > The chooser correctly has the imagewriter chosen. But one weird > thing, each time I try to print and nothing happens, the chooser > seems to be reset, and does not have the imagewriter chosen. > > I can;t figure it out. Is this a symptom of a non-functioning printer? or? > > thanks for any advice > ~Alex > You don't say which Imagewriter, I or II; first ones flat, II is sloped & does colour. Despite Eric's comments re age, IMW II was a very good, robust 21 pin printer. The most usual problem is a faulty cable. Running the test page is a must, checking all 3 levels, ie draft, regular print & Near Letter Quality. HTH. TTFN, TeeC Users can subscribe to the List by sending an email to <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field Users can unsubscribe from the List by sending an email to <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field Users must send messages or replies to <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> All messages are archived so that you can view them at any time by going to <//www.freelists.org/archives/muglo> Problems concerning use of the FreeList should be sent to <paulthomas@xxxxxxx> Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/