Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:16:43 -0800 From: paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com> To: questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: serial printing to old inkjet (stylewriter) Message-ID: <3DD404AB.7060706@mac.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211141220050.52189-100000@wonkity.com>
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Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, paul beard wrote: > You should probably set the baud rate and communications parameters in > there. See man printcap. OK, I've looked into that and set the br value to be 57600. > >>Here's an example of what I am doing: >>[/usr/home/paul/src/stylewriter]:: enscript /etc/motd -d stylps >>[ 1 pages * 1 copy ] sent to stylps >>1 lines were wrapped > > > enscript produces PostScript output, so it probably won't produce > anything useful on that printer. At least until after you install > Ghostscript. 8-) gs is installed and is in the filter script(s) I'm using. >>I have the serial port of /dev/cuaa0 linked to the >>/dev/stylewriter device. > > > Chapter 11 of the Handbook shows setting up a serial printer, although I > confess I haven't tried it because my printers are all Ethernet. I've got the paper handbook 3/e open here and it gets me tantalizingly close. If I do anything to lpr (kill it or dequeue an job with lprm) the printer does it's paper-feeding dance. Still missing something, though. -- Paul Beard / 8040 27th Ave NE / Seattle WA 98115 / paulbeard [at] mac [ dot] com / 206 529 8400 weblog @ <http://paulbeard.no-ip.org/movabletype/>; If little else, the brain is an educational toy. -- Tom Robbins To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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