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- From: galpmn01@ngals011.bnr.ca (peter mcnally)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
- Subject: QMS drivers / printcaps.
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.213502.2705@nt.com>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 21:35:02 GMT
- References: <1992Aug26.212546.2499@nt.com>
- Sender: galpmn01@ngals011 (peter mcnally)
- Reply-To: galpmn01@ntg.ie
- Organization: Northern Telecom, Galway, Ireland.
- Lines: 37
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- I have a QMS-PS 2220 printer that I would like to attach to a
- SparcStation. It is a dual tray system, A3 and A4, and can
- run at speeds from 1200-19200 baud.
-
- However the printer comes supplied with PC and Mac drivers
- only. Connecting the printer to a Sun is easy, using the rs232
- and a printcap like so;
-
- QMS:qms2220:\
- :br#9600:lp=/dev/ttyb:mx#0:sf:rw:sb:\
- :fc#0177777:fs#003:ms=-isig,igncr,cstopb,-echok:\
- :lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:sd=/usr/spool/QMS_A3:\
- :if=/usr/local/bin/psif:of=/usr/local/bin/psof:
-
- but I cannot select between the paper trays. Anyone got a
- solution to this ?
-
- On a similar subject, I connected an Apple Laserwriter to a Sparc
- recently. It works but is very slow. Is the reason the "psif" filter I'm
- using? or the 9600 baud rate been too slow for postscript? If the latter
- be true, then there nothing to be done, as although the laserwriter manual
- says the rs232 can be set faster than 9600 in software, theres no means from
- unix to do so! Heres the Apple printcap......
-
- lp|ps:\
- :br#9600:lp=/dev/ttya:mx#0:sf:rw:sb:\
- :fc#0177777:fs#003:ms=-isig,igncr,cstopb,-echok:\
- :lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:sd=/usr/spool/lpd:\
- :if=/usr/local/bin/psif:of=/usr/local/bin/psof:
-
- Peter McNally
- Northern Telecom, Galway, Ireland E-mail galpmn01@ntg.ie
-
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- Peter McNally
- Northern Telecom, Galway, Ireland E-mail galpmn01@ntg.ie
-