On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 8:08 AM, Christian Corti <c...@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote: > The characters are stored on the display interface card. I had a similar > fault in one of my 5110s, in my case it was a faulty TTL chip (IIRC a 74159 > demux).
So, faulty support logic, rather than a faulty ROS. That's encouraging. > You have to a) clean the print head and b) replace the rubber rollers that > transport the ink ribbon. The rollers will be goo and make a "big mess"(tm). Oh joy! That's something to look forward to. > Your search engine's broken, right? ;-) > They're either on my site or at bitsavers. I found your site, but somehow missed the page with the manuals. I don't know how, it's right there in plain sight. > I can't see any pictures, and _no_, I won't register just to see the > pictures. I'll email you a pic showing the malformed characters, off list and would be grateful if you'd let me know whether there's any similarity to your previously faulty 5110. > Ok, I will scan that manual the next days. But in general the contents of the > 5114 MIM is contained withing the 5120 MIM. Thanks! I'll take a look at the 5120 MIM in the interim.