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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!root44!praxis!cged!johnr
- From: johnr@cged.co.uk (John Richards)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Printing from Atari ST to Apple LaserWriter
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.084629.16276@cged.co.uk>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 08:46:29 GMT
- Sender: johnr@cged.co.uk (John Richards)
- Organization: Computer General Electronic Design Ltd
- Lines: 36
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- I have an Apple LaserWriter IINTX plugged into my serial port on a Mega ST.
-
- It prints PostScript files perfectly as long as I follow this
- procedure:
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- 1. Make sure the printer settings are right in the Control Panel.
-
- 2. Switch the printer on, and wait for it to get ready.
-
- 3. Print the file.
-
- However, after printing the file, the printer light continues to flash as
- though it is receiving more data. If I try printing another file
- immediately, nothing happens.
-
- I suspect the file is not being terminated properly and the printer is
- waiting for something. The end of the file looks like this:
-
- showpage
- grestore
- %%Trailer
-
- Eventually, after several minutes, the green light stops flashing and I can
- print something else - presumably, the printer timed out.
-
- Also, if I switch the printer on and then alter the printer settings using
- the Rho Control Panel, the green light starts flashing as though
- something has been sent from the serial port.
-
- I am using XON/XOFF, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, 9600 baud, TOS1.4. The
- handshake seems to be working fine.
-
- Can anyone suggest what is happening and how to fix it?
- --
- John Richards
-