rhaar@rcsuna.UUCP (Bob Haar CS50) (07/26/89)
I am having trouble interfacing the SMART word processor to a printer on my UNIX-PC and suspect a configuration mis-match. I'd appreciate any help/suggestions. situation: AT&T 7300 UNIX-PC UNIX - AT&T Sys V, release 3.5.1 SMART System wordprocessor, v 3.03 Okidata 192 printer with IBM compatible ROMs on parallel port I had the printer working fine with all the standard UNIX-PC stuff (lp spooler and screen-prints) by configuring the printer setup menu (under UA) to be an IBM5152_002 printer on the parallel port. This was one suggestions in the printer manual. I recently installed the SMART System v 3.03 in order to get a WYSIWYG text editor for my wife (a confirmed technophobe). The setup instructions for this software said that to use an Oki 192 with IBM ROM's, to set the SMART printer parameter to IBM graphics and the system printer to Epson. When I do this, SMART finds the printer and can print in normal (draft) mode. But if I try to print in enhanced mode (nicer printing and special fonts), there are vertical gaps in the output. Screen prints also show this behavior with the system printer set to Epson. I suspect that the printer is expecting 8-bit data in the dot-addressable graphics mode but the system is sending 7 bit values. If I re-set the system printer configuration to IBM5152_002, screen dumps work fine, but SMART complains that it cannot find the print spooler. I then tried to fake the SMART software into think it had an Epson print spooler, but use the IBM5152_002 interface. I used the UA printer setup screen to select IBM5152_002. Then, I opened a UNIX window as root and went to the dircetories under /usr/spool/lp. I linked the files member/IBM5152_002 and interface/IBM5152_002 to member/Epson and interface/Epson resp. I also created a directory request/Epson to parallel request/IBM5152_002. I verified that all permissions, owners and groups were identical. After this, all the UNIX-PC screen prints worked fine, but SMART still complained that it couldn't find the print spooler. (it was still configured for an IBM graphics printer). Where else is the system printer configuration kept? Is there some other means of using the IBM5152_002 interface, but making SMART think it has an Epson printer? Robert Haar phone: (313) 986-1412 (work) 651-4183 (home) UUCP: edsews!rphroy!rcsuna!rhaar CSNET: HAAR@GMR.COM
rwright@novavax.UUCP (Ronald K. Wright) (07/28/89)
In article <14665@rcsuna.UUCP> rhaar@rcsuna.UUCP (Bob Haar CS50) writes: > > > I am having trouble interfacing the SMART word processor to a printer >on my UNIX-PC and suspect a configuration mis-match. I'd appreciate any >help/suggestions. situation: AT&T 7300 UNIX-PC UNIX - AT&T Sys V, release 3.5.1 SMART System wordprocessor, v 3.03 ATT's Laser on parallel port or ATT's 477 on parallel port As Mr. Haar reports, the interfacing of Smart and the 7300 is quite rough in the printer area. After numerous numerous calls to ATT and smart, the latter folk being even more unhelpful than the former, and there being some question as to the difference between the two; I ended up with very odd and not to great fixes. To make the ATT laser work you have to set it to think it is a Qume. You have to tell smart it is ATT455 and set the Printers in the 7300 to ATT455. This does not allow screen graphics. To make the ATT477 work you have to set the printer to be a 470, and smart and the 7300 to be a ATT470. This does not allow color printing but does support screen print. The ATT477 drive does not do 7300 screen printing, or as the Hotline said, of course it doen't. I am not too satified with the above, any suggestions would be appreciated. Further, I have another machine connected to a Tandy DMP2100. I have never been able to get that to work from smart....spooler not found pops up. And I have not been able to get a driver for that printer from ATT any suggestions as to what might make that a little better? Incidentally, inspite of the printer problem, the smart package is a tremendous word processor and spreadsheet combo. Thanks. rkw