chris@conexch.UUCP (Chris Bailey) (08/01/89)
I'm in a bind right now. We have just gotten a new HP Laser Jet Series II printer for our UNIX system. We have a SUN 3/160 with many terminals running 4.2 BSD I believe (could be SunOS, but I don't think so). We are having problems printing, big problems. Right now, the laser is setup for 19,200 baud, Serial connection, Xon=ON, DTR HI. The entry in /etc/ttys is as follows: 04ttyh8. 4 is equivalent to: 4|std.19200|19200-baud:\ :sp#19200: I won't list all of the printcap entry, but a few lines that I am curious about are: :tr=\033: :fc#0171456: :fs#06321: :xc#037737: :xs#040040: and :cf=/AI/printers/Aprint.hp: The last line is the cit filter or something. From what I gather, it makes sure the fonts are loaded (don't worry about this part), and the last line is: echo -n "^[E^[&l66P^[&l8D^[&a0R^[(s10V" the "^[" being an ESC. We put this together from the manual, but the printcap entries are copied from a "HP compatible" printer's entry. PROBLEM: We get the first page and a half if we let the header page run, if no header page, then we get about the first half to three quarters of a page, and then the print is cut off, just some random spot along any line in the mentioned region. So, it's not a page size problem. I am assuming that because it has a 512K buffer, and we are using Xon/Xoff that the info is being buffered and not lost, but I could be wrong. All of the print testing we've been doing has been with the lpr command. ie: lpr -Php somefile or lpr -h -Php somefile. What I think we need is the proper filters for input and output, and any associated scripts or other necessities. I am new to this, but have learned a lot, but neither my boss nor I can go any further. If additional information is necessary, please ask. Our company does not have USENET access, nor is our UUCP hooked up to the outside world. I am doing this from my home machine, but any information or files may be sent to the address in the header (conexch), or if you don't have a link (whatever) to conexch, you can send it to baileyc@tramp (I think that's my address up at Univ. Colorado at Boulder. Could also be baileyc@boulder.Colorado.EDU, but I don't think so). Another possible mail address is chrisb@uscad (I think they hook up to sun and something else). As you can see, I don't now much about USENET yet, but I'm learning. Thanx! No fancy ending, sorry.... Chris Bailey Van Dell and Associates, Inc. Irvine, California