Make my Printer cry

[Steve Rindsberg]

Ah..good thinking. He's been through enough overflows.....or was that
outflows...???

Not "or". "And".

GIGO, so to speak.

 

[Jan Il]

Not "or". "And".

GIGO, so to speak.

LOL! Well...actually I was thinking along the lines of the a drain pipe
'outflow'. But, yeah....I can see where it would apply in the end results
as well. ;-)

Poor Mikey....

 

[Jan Il]

This is, admittedly, a bizarre issue. I need to send a postscript or pcl
file at a Laserjet 2300d, and have it choke. No typos in that sentence.

I need to demonstrate what happens when a printer runs out of memory.
Problem is, this HP has 48 MB of RAM, and HP uses some sort of compression
technology. But....I know that PowerPoint can generate some ugly postscript.
It's not a bug, it's a feature, and I'm going to exploit it! Soooo, what
kind of ick can I put into a pres that will generate a massive, ugly,
barely-legal ps file?

John, please post back with the key to what worked best in giving your
printer the hissy fit you were after. I would very much like to know what it
took to get this effect. Other than the common @#$%!^=&( )~o~(,)_+<`;}} from
forgetting to change printer settings or selections (at work, where I have 5
printer drivers), I have never had any of the problems you are talking
about. Just my curious again. ;-)

Jan

 

[Mike M.]

Hey! Careful about that GIGO. One persons garbage is another person
delicacy. The meal that keeps on giving. :-O

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Poor Mikey....

Poor Mikey? Think of the .. Um .. GI.

Reminds me of a scene in Hitchhiker's Guide. Ford Prefect is explaining that
going into hyperspace is rather unpleasant, something like being drunk.

"Being drunk? What's so unpleasant about that" asks Arthur Dent.

"Ask the water" says Ford.

 

[Jan Il]

Poor Mikey? Think of the .. Um .. GI.

Reminds me of a scene in Hitchhiker's Guide. Ford Prefect is explaining that
going into hyperspace is rather unpleasant, something like being drunk.

"Being drunk? What's so unpleasant about that" asks Arthur Dent.

"Ask the water" says Ford.

Hmmm...an enlightening thought, that. Life with a death wish. And then along
comes Mikey....and hope springs eternal... (hee.. hee..hee)

 

[Mike M.]

Hmmm, I don't think it was hope that was "springing" eternal. I do however
feel badly for the aforementioned ingested creatures and apologize (post
mortem) for causing them distress. Pay back sure was h...!

 

[Jan Il]

Hmmm, I don't think it was hope that was "springing" eternal. I do
however

feel badly for the aforementioned ingested creatures and apologize (post
mortem) for causing them distress. Pay back sure was h...!

Just remember the saying Mikey, You are what you eat.' In your case it
appears to be cyclic. Or... is that sickly... ;-))

Jan