From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:00:23 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1317 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Monday 26 June 2006 Number 1317 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: Printer installation : Chuck McKinnis **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 13:54:22 -0600 From: Chuck McKinnis Subject: Re: Printer installation Leigh Bunting wrote: > Chuck McKinnis wrote: > >> As the author of the eCS Install Local Printer routine, I can verify >> that it is a disaster. It used some old IBM code that was almost >> impossible to make work correctly with current printers, ports, and >> drivers. >> >> The updated eCS Printer Install routine (inst_prt.zip) can be >> downloaded from www.ecomstation dot com. > > Thanks Chuck, that worked. More in a minute. > > It seems that the original attempt at installation worked but did not > create any printer icon, as using Chuck's suggestion said that the files > had already been installed. > > However the instructions in the file were a bit puzzling to this old fart. > > I assumed the 'EC' in instruction 3 were not supposed to be there. > Instruction 5 left me scratching my head, as the 'ecsins3.sgs' file did > not exist, so I ignored it. There was one called 'ecslns3.sgs', though. > Perhaps Chuck could explain what I was supposed to do with this > instruction. #3 looks strange. #3 from the web page says: Create :\ecs\system\sguide if it does not exist. #5 does say "(if it exists)". If it does not exist, you probably can't update it :). > > Not that it really matters, I suppose, as the printer now is > operational. It is a HP Deskjet 610C that I was given, sans power > supply. This item, I conveniently found at a computer flea market last > weekend, after parting with $A5. When fired up, it refused to load paper > and the print heads made some funny clunking noises as they traversed. > Some percussive maintenance of the paper drive mechanism seems to have > resolved that issue. > ---------------------------------------------- > Manual installation: > > 1. Unzip the inst_prt.zip file to a work directory. > 2. Create :\ecs\system\sguide if it does not exist. > 3. Copy the ecsprint.exe to > :\ecs\system\*EC*sguide\ecsprint.exe. > 4. Update the Install Local Printer object in the Printers folder to > execute :\ecs\system\sguide\ecsprint.exe and remove any > parameters or working directory. > 5. Update :\ecs\system\sguide\nls\\ecsins3.sgs (if it > exists) by replacing "start sguide.exe > :\ecs\system\sguide\nls\de\printer.sgs" with "start > ecsprint.exe" > ------------------------------------------------ > So after many years, the originally 2nd-hand Canon BJ4200 might have to > be retired. > > Thanks for everyone's help. > -- Chuck McKinnis Covenant Solutions http://www.7cities dot net/~mckinnis/os2/ 505-286-3191 Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew Up ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------