[plug] GDI printers

[alan howard]

On Thu, 07 Sep 2000, Leon Brooks wrote:
> Bret Busby wrote:
> > Leon Brooks wrote:
> >> this
> >> or another GDI driver may work for your printer. Weeeek! Weeeek! Weeeeek! Go on,
> >> be a guinea pig!
> 
> > I hope it does not
> > destroy the printer (it is not mine - I just look after it, and, use
> > it).
> 
> That would be quite an achievement, given that things like motors and power
> supplies are not under program control.

doesn't it? .  I thought the program and the internal software on the printers
microcontroller determined the action of various motors etc. The power supply
should be fairly safe except if a motor is driven to one of the limmits in the
mechanism and draws excess current.

regards 
alan howard