rouilj@umb.umb.edu (John P. Rouillard) (10/03/89)
I am attempting to get an HP Laser Jet working off of a Sun 386i. I
thought I saw a printcap for this beast go by a while ago, but
apparently I didn't save it.
This HP is being switched between network and local (IBM Pc clone)
connections so I can't diddle the switches on it unless I can get it to
work with both machines.
It is currently set up 9600 baud, 8 bit, 1 stop, no parity.
With the work I have done so far, I can send a specially prepared file
to it. The file has the <esc>E or whatever to reset the hp before it
dumps a straight text file to it. When I try to spool (via lpr) a
regular file I get blank pages (the correct amount as far as I can
see), but no text at all. This also happens if I cat a regular file
to the device.
If I hook up a monitor to the line, I can see all of the text being
passed down the line, but the HP just doesn't want to print it. There
is no error indication or anything.
I AM using translate to crlf on output. I have been hacking at the
printcap for 6 hours so far and I am not getting anywhere fast. I
realise this isn't a large amount of time, but I am a student taking a
heavy load and don't have the time to go through all of the
intracasies of RTFM.
Anybody who can give me a printcap, I would appreciate it.
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John Rouillard U-Mass Boston rouilj@umb.umb.edu
Physics Major Harbor Campus husc6!umb!rouilj
Physics Department Boston, MA 02125 rouilj%umb.edu@RELAY.CS.NET
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=== The opinions expressed above are all mine and belong to nobody else. ===
John Rouillard U-Mass Boston rouilj@umb.umb.edu
Physics Major Harbor Campus husc6!umb!rouilj
Physics Department Boston, MA 02125 rouilj%umb.edu@RELAY.CS.NET