Re: Imagewriter won't stay SELECTed

[salfter@salfter.diespammersdie.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <3-ednbpuWc-UtPzeRVn-jg@comcast.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>Linards Ticmanis wrote:
>> I just got the old Imagewriter (Apple Dot Matrix Printer) out again 
>> after about 2 years in the closet. It's the original Imagewriter, not 
>> the Imagewriter II. It worked at first (I printed about two lines for 
>> testing), but after I flipped some DIP switches to select the German 
>> font, it broke down, it seems.
>> 
>> The SELECT light refuses to stay on. When I push the SELECT button, the 
>> LED will flash on for a very short moment then go away again. 
>
>You might want to check the "cover off" interlock, since you removed
>the cover to change the DIP switches.  I forget whether it's a
>magnetic interlock or a physical one--check it out.

It's a magnetic interlock...on the left side, IIRC, under a round protrusion
(of sorts).  If the magnet fell out of the lid and got lost someplace, the
printer won't work.  Holding a magnet of some sort (like a fridge magnet or
the magnet on the back of a speaker) over the reed switch should allow the
printer to go back online.

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