[comp.sys.sun] Printers with DTR

ehrlich@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) (11/04/90)

Are there any 'gotchas' I need to watch out for if I try to connect a HP
PaintJet XL to the parallel port on an ALM II.  The machine in question is
a Sun 4/380 running 4.0.3 (soon to be 4.1).  Thanks in advance for your
time and help.

Dan Ehrlich <ehrlich@cs.psu.edu>/Voice: +1 814 863 1142/FAX: +1 814 865 3176

drich@dialogic.com (Dan Rich) (11/04/90)

I am attempting to connect a laser printer to a Sun 3/60 using DTR/DSR as
flow control instead of XON/XOFF.  I don't have a choice in the protocol
as the printer is being shared with a Novell print-server, and Novell
won't use XON/XOFF.

Anyway, I have looked through the manuals, and don't see anywhere what I
need to do to change from XON/XOFF to DTR/DSR.  Am I just being stupid, or
is this a non-trivial task?

Please mail your responses, I haven't had the time to read news as much as
I would like lately... :-)

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