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howto: getting free copies with cannon copiers

from http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/5/28/13714/7587:


Getting In

Everything in this article will require getting into the “control panel.” The control panel is where service men and installation men go to configure a copier, fix its problems, examine firmware, and look through error and jam logs. It offers complete control over the copier and its attachments.

You may think that it would be difficult to get into the control panel, or that it is password protected, but curiously this is not the case. Every Canon copier has an Additional Features or a “Guide” button – it has a asterisk on it, similar to that on the phone. To get into the control panel, in rapid succession, push the asterisk key, the 2 and 8 keys simultaneously, and the asterisk key again. If you did this correctly, you will see something like:

Service Mode
Copier
Feeder

Sorter (if its attached)
(other attachments, like edit pads)

There are lots of fun things you can do in the Feeder Service Mode, such as configure it to jam every time a customer or employee puts a piece of paper in. This is for another time, and another place. Hit the “Copier” button on the touchscreen. On the top of the screen, you see:

Display I/O Adjust Function Option Test Counter

These are similar to “tabs” in a modern OS GUI; pushing one of them will bring up a series of push buttons below it, a menu from which you can access various parts of the copier.

You are, by default, in the “Display” menu. You will likely see a variety of nonsensical abbreviations and other meaningless garbage; since buttons have a 6 character limit, abbreviations have to be taken. Any copier serviceman who is worth his weight will be know nearly instinctively what each of these buttons mean; to us, it is just nonsense.

Getting Free Copies

The copy machines you are using are configured in a certain way to use a coin operated slot, key card, or service key (such as those that Kinkos has). Through an interesting “feature” in the firmware, if the copy machine is configured to accept coins or keys, and no machine is hooked up for this, it will give copies for free. Unfortunately, this isn’t as helpful as it sounds; anyone with a remedial amount of intelligence who wants to get free copies will try unplugging the instrument first and foremost. As such, it is often impossible without a service key to unplug the apparatus.

Fortunately, there is a work-around. Go into “Service Mode” (using star-2 and 8-star), and push the “Option” tab. Underneath it, push “Acc”. A new menu will pop up. Hit the “Coin” button, and enter “0” on the keypad. Once you are done, hit “Enter” or “Apply” (you MUST do this after you change any field; otherwise it will reset the next button you push). Once you are done, hit reset until you are on the main screen. Voila – free copies!

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jaime’s printer problems in windows xp

my friend jaime has had her computer ravaged by virii. i used mccaffee to clean up as best i could but in the aftermath, her printer stopped working. it seems the cause is that the print spooler service won’t start. below is an e-mail that i sent jaime to help her with the problem.

Ok, so I did some research into problems with corrupted windows system
files…

Here are some things to try to get your printer running. I’d suggest
reading through all the information first before starting. If you feel
uncomfortable doing this, please feel free to call and I can walk you
through it on the phone, or I can come over and try these things myself.
Again, my # is 812.336.4412.

It turns out that on Windows XP, there is a utility to automatically check
whether system files have been corrupt and install new ones. The first
thing that I would do is to run this and see if it automatically fixes the
corrupted files and your printing problem. If you would like to learn more
about how this works and what it does, you can read a good article that I
found at http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html

1. Go to the “Start” menu (you know, that little green box at the lower left
hand corner of the screen)
2. Click “Run”
3. A little window titled “Run” should pop up with box labled “Open” where
you can type in a command.
4. Type sfc /scannow in that box and click “OK”
5. Let it run and keep track of any error messages that occur. E-mail me,
call me if it doesn’t run smoothly.
6. Restart the computer.
7. Go to start->Control Panel->Printers and Faxes
8. See if your printer shows up.
a. If it does, try printing something.
b. If it doesn’t, try clicking on the “Add a printer” icon and see if
it pops up the “Add Printer Wizard” window, or if an error message occurs.

If this doesn’t fix your problem, we can try one more thing …

First, you need to change your setting so you can see hidden system files
(since those are the types of files that we’ll be working with):

1. Click on Start->My Computer
2. This should bring up the My Computer window
3. Click on the Tools->Folder Options menu item at the top of the window.
This should bring up the Folder Options window.
4. Click on the View tab.
5. In the list below, select the “Show hidden files and folders” option by
clicking on the little dot next to the option. Also uncheck the box next to
“Hide protected operating system files”
6. Click the “Apply to all folders” button.
7. Click the “OK” button. This should close the “Folder Options” window.

Now we need to see if you have a backup copy of the print spooler program
already on your computer. There didn’t seem to be one when I checked last
night, but now that I know where it ought to be, we might as well check.

1. In the “My Computer” window that should still be open, type
C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache
into the “Address” text box at the top of the window. Alternately, you can
browse to this location by clicking on the folder icons in the “My Computer”
window.
2. In the “My Computer” window you should now see a list of files and
folders in the C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache folder. Scroll down and look
for the file
spoolsv.exe
3.
a. If it exists, we want to copy the file by clicking on it ONLY ONCE.
This should make the icon look somewhat grey. Then, in the menu at the top
of the window choose Edit->Copy to Folder. This will bring up a window. In
that window, browse to C:\WINDOWS\system32 and then click the “Copy”
button. Choose to overwrite existing files if you’re prompted about that.
b. If it doesn’t exist, download a copy of the spoolsv.exe file from
http://f1.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/xghingx (click on the “Public” folder and the file should be there)
and save it to C:\WINDOWS\system32\ . Choose to overwrite existing files if you’re prompted about that.
4. Restart the computer.
5. Go to start->Control Panel->Printers and Faxes
6. See if your printer shows up.
a. If it does, try printing something.
b. If it doesn’t, try clicking on the “Add a printer” icon and see if
it pops up the “Add Printer Wizard” window, or if an error message occurs.

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