Naked Science Forum
Non Life Sciences => Geek Speak => Topic started by: syhprum on 11/11/2014 22:18:19
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I have a rather antique printer 1995 (LaserJet 4 M Plus) vintage that normally serves me well but today I tried to print out a 29 page PDF document using Acrobat 10.0 and ended up having to print one page at a time with missed portions and many strange error messages.
So I hunted around and found a free and simple PDF reader Sumatra PDF that worked like a dream.
I only have windows 8.1 and Windows 10 systems maybe it would have been OK with an older system.
PS I Tried with Puppy Linux but could not get the usb printer to connect
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I run USB with Fedora just fine. You may need to install drivers. I think the printer drivers would be with CUPS. Anyway, USB is pretty widely supported except with NT.
What were your error messages?
I wonder if you're having a memory problem. According to notes, the printer should be able to support about 50MB maximum (3 x 16MB + 2). Hopefully they're pretty cheap.
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I have a rather antique printer 1995 (LaserJet 4 M Plus
Can I ask how do you connect it? Parallel port card?
I've just moved to Win 7 and want to connect old LJ 4, not sure whether drivers will work
Thanks
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I don't have a printer port so I have to connect via an expensive USB adapter cable, you should have no problem with windows 7 windows will pull in a great range of drivers for antique printers if you are patient
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I don't have a printer port so I have to connect via an expensive USB adapter cable, you should have no problem with windows 7 windows will pull in a great range of drivers for antique printers if you are patient
Thanks, good to know the USB adaptor works