Scott Yarbrough wrote:
>
> Greeings, listmates!
>
> I have a Duo 280c, an Apple minidock and a StyleWriter
> 1200. I have tried to print with the Duo in the
> minidock using the printer port with no luck. The
> printer hems, hums and haws a bit, but never feeds a
> sheet or moves the print head. Changing the port
> (modem) and the driver (Color StyleWriter 1500) and
> the port selection in the Chooser makes no difference.
> But, surprise! By removing the Duo from the minidock
> and using the built in printer/modem port (and
> adjusting the Chooser settings), the StyleWriter
> prints like a champ.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
It's very easy for the port contacts to break away from the board inside
the Apple minidock, yet still seem ok from the outside.
hth
--
Take care .....
BrianH
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