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- From: derosa@rtsg.mot.com (John DeRosa)
- Subject: Re: Q: connecting a postscript printer to the serial port of a sparc
- Message-ID: <derosa.716239969@marble>
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- Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
- References: <1992Sep10.070111.27726@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:32:49 GMT
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- jiazhang@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jiajie Zhang) writes:
-
- >The printer (Apple LaserWriter IIf) and the sparc 2 are connected via
- >their serial ports by a null modem cable, as instructed. I
- >reconfigured the RS432 on the sparc to RS232, also as instructed. The
- >connection seems ok, since I can send signals to the printer by "cat
- >foo > /dev/ttya". But I can not get anything printed out on the printer.
-
- We ran into the same problem with the IIg (similar to the IIf) and
- never figured it out. It appears to be a problem with handshaking.
-
- We finally purchased an old IIntx and got it working right away. Go
- figure. We still needed to connect RTS-CTS-DCD to get it working
- but it does print.
-
- I wish the IIG would work as it can print at 19.2 while the IIntx is
- stuck at 9600bps.
-
- Let me know if you figure anything out.
- --
- = Enjoy! John DeRosa, Motorola, Inc, Digital Cellular Systems =
- = (thanks) derosa@ssd.comm.mot.com =
- = (a 10^6!) N1111@applelink.apple.com =
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