[ValVashon]

Tried to print something today, and the StyleWriter initialized, but then I got the "Check Your Connections" error message. It will make a sound like it's starting, and the power and paper out lights will glow for a few seconds, but then it's quiet and those lights shut off. If I unplug the serial cable and just power it up unconnected it does the same thing, as if a relay to hold the power on is not staying energized. The 2400 powers down to save energy after about 5 minutes if it's not in use, and now it seems to power down in about 2 seconds.

Question: Should it remain powered up (until a reasonable timeout) if the serial cable is disconnected? If somebody else with one of these things could check it out, I would really appreciate it. This will help me determine if it is a software or hardware problem, before I tear into it.

Val (not so whiny anymore)

[ValVashon]

Never mind- I plugged it back in after dinner and it worked just fine. Just one of those things.

Hey- I get my Techworks Power CDR in the mail this week. I found one on eBay.

Not so whiny Val

[ValVashon]

I'm replying to myself! Actually this is updating the symptoms. Last night, after finally getting it to initialize (and what made it do that, I'm not sure.) I was frantically switching back and forth between the Chooser and the iDock programs and selecting what I thought were the right settings, and plugging it into various USB ports and either of the two serial ports. It still won't initialize even if the serial plug is not in the back of the printer. Unplugging it from the wall seems to help, if you leave it unplugged long enough.

Anyway, it finally came to life and I did lots of printing. I then shut the computer off for the night but did not shut off the power strip that everything is plugged into, as I usually do. This morning, the printer still works fine. Anybody know why I can't shut my printer off anymore, as I used to do? I have an old Kenwood tuner from the 70's that I can't shut off either, but I don't think that a computer printer should have to warm up. This sounds like a hardware problem, as it still does it even if I don't have the serial cable plugged in.

Val