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I vaguely recall error code 8 being a ribbon rewind with some printer. Could the ribbon have a problem? ----- Original Message ----- From: "L. S. Russell" <leslier@datrek.com> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> Sent: Friday, 30 March 2001 23:31 Subject: Re: Printer troubles. | <shrugging his shoulders> I don't have any docs, this printer has been | with the company since the pre-cambrian period. | If I hold down the second level message button it says 3. | | "Schenck, Don" wrote: | > | > Isn't "8" a ribbon jam? | > | > -----Original Message----- | > From: L. S. Russell [mailto:leslier@datrek.com] | > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 9:07 AM | > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com | > Subject: Printer troubles. | > | > Don't laugh, but I have an IBM 5224 model 2 that is giving me fits. We | > only use it once a year and don't have any documentation. | > Here is the problem: when I send a spool file to the attached outq it | > will allow me to align TOF and then it will print one line before | > stopping with a code of 8. The message on the 400 is no help at all, it | > just says press Stop/Start... which cause it to print another line and | > then stop again with the same code. | > | > If I knew what this code meant I might be able to fix the problem. Does | > anyone know anything about these printers? | > +--- | > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: | > david@midrange.com | > +--- | > +--- | > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com | > +--- | +--- | | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com | +--- | +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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