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- From: peter@rwthi3.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Peter Heimann)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
- Subject: Re: QMS drivers / printcaps.
- Message-ID: <peter.714924402@rwthi3>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 14:06:42 GMT
- References: <1992Aug26.212546.2499@nt.com> <1992Aug26.213502.2705@nt.com>
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- Organization: Informatik III, RWTH Aachen
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- In <1992Aug26.213502.2705@nt.com> galpmn01@ngals011.bnr.ca (peter mcnally) writes:
-
- > 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!
- >
- Of course there is a means. Use lpr to send the following postscript file to
- the printer, then change br#9600 to br#38400 in your /etc/printcap, and kill
- and restart lpd.
-
- %!
- % changes LaserWriter serial parameters to
- % 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, 38400 baud, parity space, XON/XOFF
- %
- % necessary switch positions for NTX: 1 up, 2 down, 3-6 up
-
- serverdict begin
- statusdict begin
- 0 checkpassword
- {0 exitserver}
- {(Incorrect Server Password!!)= flush}
- ifelse
- statusdict begin 25 sccbatch
- % if new=old, dont change
- 64 eq exch 38400 eq and {stop} if
- 25 38400 64 setsccbatch
-
- -- Peter Heimann
-
- Lehrstuhl fuer Informatik III peter@rwthi3.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
- RWTH Aachen
-