Brian & Karla wrote:
>Since my Mac prints to a serial port, I have tried the following settings in
>printtool:
>
>Names lp
>Spool Directory /var/spool/lpd/lp
>File Limit 0
>Printer Device /dev/ttyS1
>
>I then restart ldp session in the printtool window, and I try to send the
>ASCII test page under TESTS to the printer.
>
>Nothing happens at all.
Hmmm. Type cat /etc/printcap and send the output to the list.
That might give some of us a clue or three.
>Since I am trying to print to a serial port from the Mac, I think more may
>need to be set up by me, but I don't know what else.
Possibly. You may need to set the port's data rate, flow control,
and so on. Use the stty command for this. For example, if you
know the printer is expecting data at 9600 bps, try:
stty 9600 < /dev/ttyS1
(Strange as it looks, that's the way you do it.) There are other
flags that may be important, depending on your printer.
Anyway, once you get the port working right, put the command in
/etc/rc.d/rc.local so it automatically gets executed when you
boot up.
Larry
--
Larry Kollar, Senior Technical Writer, Arris
If a cable modem is caught in an SNMP trap,
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