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- From: ellis@nova.gmi.edu (Stew Ellis)
- Subject: Re: Disturbing News about Printing Under Solaris 2.1
- Message-ID: <ellis.722225950@nova>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: GMI Engineering&Management Institute, Flint, MI
- References: <kzin.722200524@cc.gatech.edu> <102626@bu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 02:19:10 GMT
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- dlukas@fenway.bu.edu (David Lukas) writes:
-
- >This is a followup to the posts about not being able to use an
- >SBUS Sparc Printer card under Solaris 2.1, and therefore not on
- >a Sparc Classic.
-
-
- >A previous followup claimed that the SBUS card is not needed because the
- >Sparc Classic has a parallel port. But the SparcPrinter package is
- >driven by a "video interface" which has a special device driver.
- >(The card has a parallel port as well, for hooking HP printers and
- >the like.) In any case I don't think NeWSprint itself works under
- >Solaris 2.1 -- I know there is a compatibility mode but NeWSprint does
- >some funny things that might not work in compatibility mode.
-
- >My Sun rep tells me that the whole setup will be ported to Solaris 2.1
- >by March.
-
- >David
-
- Newsprint comes with support for HP printers, including B&W Deskjets, either
- through serial or parallel ports. Whether this will work with 2.1 is still
- an open question until we hear from someone who is doing it.
-
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