Re: [ql-users] Future of the QL?

2006-04-12 Thread Rick Chagouri-Brindle
Malcolm Cadman wrote: SNIP I think that we have all been there, and got the T-shirt ... :-) If you are interested in computers / computing, then you tend to accumulate lots of them over the years. Very true . . . sometimes I think I have too many and but then again, I couldn't

Re: [ql-users] GWASS on QPC2

2006-04-12 Thread Roy wood
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Roy wood wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes SNIP It has been that way for many years I think. I am totally QL hardware based, and I have been doing pretty well no business for years

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread Robert Newson
Norman Dunbar wrote: Dilwyn Jones wrote: Wonder if anyone knows anything about this printer problem. I have my son's Epson Stylus C64 set up here at the moment and it has developed a problem - both indicators are blinking which indicates (according to manual) print head unable to return to

Re: [ql-users] Future of the QL?

2006-04-12 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rick Chagouri-Brindle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Malcolm Cadman wrote: SNIP I think that we have all been there, and got the T-shirt ... :-) If you are interested in computers / computing, then you tend to accumulate lots of them over the years. Very true . . .

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Gilpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Hi Dilwyn, Try Viking Direct for your printer cartridges. They do a full range of compatible units and the Epson stylus 880 Colour is on their list. Go to

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Try Viking Direct for your printer cartridges. They do a full range of compatible units and the Epson stylus 880 Colour is on their list. Go to www.viking-direct.co.uk or ring free on 080042 I can vouch for Viking as being a useful and good supplier of printer cartridges. They are low

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I have my son's Epson Stylus C64 set up here at the moment and it has developed a problem - both indicators are blinking which indicates (according to manual) print head unable to return to home position, but it seems to be parked in the home position! Hmm, Dilwyn + Hardware = Problems :o)

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread Dilwyn Jones
However, I've been unable to use it as it was put away with a black cartridge open in it. Once I had downloaded the correct drivers for it, I eventually got the CMY jets working, but the black has steadfastly refused to work - I eventually got it to product a single (dot) line for about

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread Dilwyn Jones
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Anyone got any suggestions or experience of this? In my experience this is usually the end of the printer. It is probably the sensor on the rod that the print head moves on but is too expensive to repair You are right. I

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread hitchies
Robert said - ...any suggestions how to clear (trying propan-2-ol seems to have had little effect (other than to get one dot working for minimal time), though it does collect the other colours quite well - I dismantled the head unit to get direct access to the jets...the C460 has a ...

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread Robert Newson
hitchies wrote: Robert said - ...any suggestions how to clear (trying propan-2-ol seems to have had little effect (other than to get one dot working for minimal time), though it does collect the other colours quite well - I dismantled the head unit to get direct access to the jets...the

Re: [ql-users] Future of the QL?

2006-04-12 Thread Rick Chagouri-Brindle
Dilwyn Jones wrote: True, and although I will no doubt go down the emulation route at some point, for me, personally at least, the original hardware still has its place and so the two compliment each other - different types of fun, you could say. Actually, it has been fun digging out