On 1 Oct 2009 21:40:56 -0700, gerh...@valley.net (Gerhard Postpischil)
wrote:

>I came close to that, once. The 1403 printer had an interlock to 
>prevent it from running when the cover was open, and ours 
>developed a defective microswitch just when a big customer 
>needed a rush print job. I used a paper clip and rubber band to 
>close the switch until the print job finished.

I bet I'm not alone in running jobs with a finger in the tape drive to
make it run correctly.

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