Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 20:39:03 +0200 (MET DST) From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: nathan@cslab.uky.edu (Nathaniel Wayne McConathy) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial printer problem Message-ID: <199608231839.UAA21815@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <199608231518.LAA24476@york.cslab.uky.edu> from Nathaniel Wayne McConathy at "Aug 23, 96 11:18:14 am"
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> I have identified the port cuaa1 as the free serial port avialable on my > machine. Then using a serial cord provided by the manufacturer of my printer > I connected to the printer and the PC. I set the printer to run at 1200 baud, > with no parity, 8 data, 1 stop, XON/XOFF. I put the following line in > /etc/remote: > printer:dv=/dev/cuaa1:br#1200:parity=none > > after connecting to the printer using "tip printer" > I try to send a postscript file to the printer by: > ~$psex1 Is it a tip escape/command? What does it mean? > > The problem is that I continue to get the following result: > Segmentation fault (core dumped) What is dumping core? tip? > > each time. Any advice appreciated. > Nathan > nathan@cslab.uky.edu This is my printcap for an Dec Ln03r Scriptprinter: lp0|local laser printer:\ :lp=/dev/cuaa2:\ :rw:\ :of=/usr/local/bin/lpof:\ :fc#0000374:fs#0000003:br#38400:\ :xc#0:xs#0040040:sf:sb:br#38400:\ :mx#0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: I'm doing in rc.local: cat -u /dev/cuaa2 >/var/log/PS-log and if you want to watch messages coming from the ps-printer you can always do: tail -f /var/log/PS-log and print using lpr. > > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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