The printer that doesn't print

Dud3! · Last edited by Dud3! on Fri, 21 Nov 2003 00:00:40; edited 1 time in total

Well, at least not until I hook the other C80 up to it.

What am I talking about? Well, I had some junky parts that I wanted to put a system together with, and I thought since I had the micro-ATX mobo I should put it in something small.

I looked, then I had an idea, but I kept looking for something else. I couldn't find anything else so I went back to my first idea, a printer.

Besides the compaq/lexmarks, canons, and hps, I had two Epson C80s that led a rough life at a business. One still worked but leaked ink, the other didn't work. I took the one that didn't work and removed everything from it leaving me a spaceous container for a computer.

Check the pictures by following the link at the bottom to see what I have so far. All I have left to do is get a micro-ATX PSU a la e-machines and put it in, then wire the LEDs on the printer to the mobo, and hook up the switches.

I just finished installing Redhat 9 (I didn't want to mess with anything older), and I posted in Woody's 10D thread a minute ago from the printer.

Specs:

Jetway 630CN/CF Socket 370 PIII mobo
VIA Cyrix III 700MHz/100MHz
128MB PC100
Integrated video with 16MB shared RAM
Integrated sound
ADMTek 983B 10/100 NIC
Quantum Fireball 3.6GB HDD

I'm going to write an article when it's complete, but for now check the pix:

http://www.woodturnedcreations.com/Dud3!/pix/Comp/700MHz_Epson/

**Jason** · Posted: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 23:54:19 Post Subject:

Wanna buy a mATX psu?!? Laughing

Dud3! · Posted: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 00:02:05 Post Subject:

Yes! What do you have?

trekrider · Posted: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 00:14:17 Post Subject:

Freak ppl out.........put one of those small portable notebook printers inside also.

Looks good.

Dud3! · Posted: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 00:22:03 Post Subject:

That's where these two options come in:

Hook the working C80 up to it and have two C80s side by side. Laughing

Put a printer in a mid tower or mini tower and hook it up to the 700MHz Epson. (Nookie420s idea) Razz

IceNine · Posted: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 00:23:45 Post Subject:

How's the grounding in that thing?

Dud3! · Posted: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 00:54:02 Post Subject:

Through the PSU like every other weird mini-ITX/micro-ATX system.

My NIC doesn't even have the metal bracket on it. I'm as daring as the the girls that wouldn't wear bras in the '60s! Laughing