Hello All , On Linux-Sparc I can send data to the /dev/par0 &
/dev/lp0 but the data appears to be garbled .
Sending the below printcap to either of the above ports ...
<begin printcap>
# /etc/printcap
#
# Please don't edit this file directly unless you know what you are doing!
# Be warned that the control-panel printtool requires a very strict format!
# Look at the printcap(5) man page for more info.
#
# This file can be edited with the printtool in the control-panel.
##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL POSTSCRIPT 300x300 letter {} PostScript Default {}
lp:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
<end printcap>
.. ie: cat /etc/printcap > /dev/lp0 (or /dev/par0)
gets me :
/c#eodiecnyotai rhernili s to rpaemn
s eehpo o-.ROLPR0 roif{\=sl:x
/p:ao/lr
which is where it rolls off the paper .
printer is a DECLaser 2200 . I have the PostScript option card
for it , but when it is installed -notthing- gets output so I
tried the above experiment without it installed . With the option
installed the display shows 'PS Waiting' Then shortly 'PS
Processing' then 'PS Ready' . This happens whether I cat .ps
files or not . I beleive that something is garbling the data
being sent .
I did have this running quite well off of a i386 running linux
not to long ago . So I have to be doing something wrong .
ANy help appreciated . Tia , JimL
Options turned on in the .config
CONFIG_PARPORT=y
# CONFIG_PARPORT_PC is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_AMIGA is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_MFC3 is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_ATARI is not set
CONFIG_PARPORT_SUNBPP=y
# CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set
CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y
CONFIG_PRINTER=y
# dmesg | grep -b1 par
1135-Starting kswapd v1.8
1156:parport0: sunbpp at 0x1ffec800000
1190:parport0: cpp_mux: aa55f00f52ad51(18)
1228:parport0: cpp_daisy: aa5500ff(18)
1262:parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(18)
1299:parport0: cpp_mux: aa55f00f52ad51(98)
1337:parport0: cpp_daisy: aa5500ff(98)
1371:parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(98)
1408-Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x54
--
1527-pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
1559:lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
1599-block: queued sectors max/low 203466kB/72394kB, 640 slots per queue
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