On Sunday, November 8, 1998 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Dave Warren wrote:

On Sun, 8 Nov 1998 13:14:05 -0000, "Callum Fraser" <[email protected]> wrote:

I have a trusty (or at least it used to be) 7 year old LaserJet IIP with >2.5mb of memory. It used to be capable of just about everything but nowadays >it gives up on printing even some fairly basic grahics. It positively hates >spreadsheets with lots of gridlines.

The display gives 21 ERROR and then 79-8508 SERVICE.

I have tried just about everything with various printer setup options, from >conservative to aggressive, etc. The problem seems to have got progressively >worse, especially with Windows 98, it didn't seem quite so bad with 95 and >was OK most of the time with 3.1.

Are there any drivers which can reduce this problem or is the printer >knackered?

BTW, when I switch to Postscript with a JetPage cartridge it works much >better, but rather slowly.

Any ideas?

Sounds like it needs service. Best to contact the Discontinued line to find out: 1-800-999-1148 ------------------------------------------------------------- [email protected] ICQ#: 6214593
Fidonet: 1:3618/555

Good information!

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