On Tue, 04 Mar 2003 21:52, Dave wrote: > Errors.... > none just a no such device type message when i used > cat file.txt > /dev/ttys1 > > mandrake 7.2 outa the box with kde 2.0 oldish h/w 200mmx cpu 96megs ram > (does the job) <g>. Mandrake 7.2 was one of the best Linux distros ever released imho.
> did a stty and got (from memory) 38400bps and the normal info regarding > stop bits etc. So i know that something know about ttyS1 port. > > and yes it'd be lovely to be able to print direct without wine to the > printer. We have to be able to do that before trying to get the Wine print system to go. > know of a native driver that would be suitable ?? That depends on your type of printer doesn't it? What is it? All unixes have straight printing built right in to the system. To translate from the output of programs which is either straight ascii, or Postscript there is a Postscript to <whatever printer you use -- 99% of them anyway> translate program called GhostScript. These days it's normally incorporated into the print spooling system. -- C. S.
