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From: isw <isw@witzend.com>
To: All
Subject: Re: How do I turn off the print
Date:Fri, July 25, 2008 01:13 AM


In article <1ikk44j.wsbrcy1oiemn9N%alain@alussinan.org>,
alain@alussinan.org (Alain191) wrote:

> DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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


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