grr@cbmvax.commodore.COM (George Robbins) (11/09/86)
In article <1281@megaron.UUCP> wendt@megaron.UUCP writes: > >My Venix system V is apparently sending out a reset on the parallel >port whenever you open /dev/lp. This has horrible effects on the >epson printer, namely: if the printer is offline, it puts it online; >the printer's internal buffer is trashed; and top of form is set to >the current position on the page (wherever it is). So if you cat >Alan Wendt Clipping the RESET wire in the cable or breaking off the pin on one end is usually the simplest and most effective cure. The problem is that on real Centronics printers, the RESET signal did no more than clear the line buffer. Thus asserting RESET on an open would have been fairly harmless and prehaps beneficial... -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)