NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #26/NN_1992_26.iso/spool/comp/sys/sun/apps/2446

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From: [e-mail] (Kevin D. Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps
Subject: Using NeWSprint and a printer connected thru an X-terminal
Date: 11 Nov 1992 17:15:57 GMT
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
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I would like to connect an HP Laserjet IIP to an x-terminal that is connected
to our sparc2.  I'm trying to get NeWSprint to do all of the processing and
then send a file to the x-terminal.  It looks pretty simple to have an HP
connected to the sun, but I need to call a shell script that reads stdin
and sends the file to the x-terminal via tftp.  I know the shellscript alone
works.

I've modified the engine_ctl_HP.c to write to a temporary file and I've
modified npcomm.sh to call my x-terminal script, but when I try to lpr
a simple ascii file, my sun hangs.

I think the problem may have something to do with NeWSprint trying to
access the device /dev/bpp0.  I changed the the printcap entry to be
/dev/hdsVS-1.  I don't know where file descriptor 1 is being reassigned
to the device.

I'm out of ideas.  Please help!

Kevin D. Lee            <[e-mail]>            [phone]
The Aerospace Corp.    P.O. Box 92957,   Los Angeles, CA    90009-2957
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Kevin D. Lee            <[e-mail]>    [phone]
The Aerospace Corp.    P.O. Box 92957,   Los Angeles, CA    90009-2957
"You can make us walk over hot coals, or have ninjas fight us,
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