[comp.sys.sun] LaserWriter *NTXII*

botticel@olympus.steinmetz.ge.com (David J. Botticello) (05/05/89)

In article <12421@edsews.EDS.COM> runyan@eds.com (David Runyan) writes:
>X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 242, message 11 of 16
>...
>General consensus was that Sun 3.5 will support 19200 but not 38400.  I
>tried using 19200, and it seems to be working just fine.  As before, 38400
>baud was no go.  Copies of the responses are available on request.

In all the discussion I hoped to see something about the new LaserWriter
NTXII. THere is no hardswitched baud rate setting for anything greater
than 9600. The manual discusses software setting greater than 9600. Is
anybody using this new LaserWriter at higher than 9600 Baud and how do you
have the Sun setting the higher baud rate.

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chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano) (05/11/89)

> In all the discussion I hoped to see something about the new LaserWriter
> NTXII.  Is anybody using this new LaserWriter at higher than 9600 Baud and
> how do you have the Sun setting the higher baud rate.

Any LaserWriter can be sent to a desired baud rate with the little utility
provided in the TranScript package.  In the misc/etc directory, you'll
find setscc.ps, which sets the serial communications controller.  Change
the "19200" to whatever you want, and send it to the printer.  Then,
change your printcap "br" parameter to match the desired baud rate.
Voila!

If you don't have TranScript, you'll need to write a little bit of
PostScript which opens the statusdict and uses the sccbatch command to
modify the baud rate.  See the PostScript reference manual for more info.

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