dbd@necntc.nec.com (Dave Davidian) (01/10/89)
Can anyone explain who to connect an Epson printer (parallel port) to
a Unix PC. I cannot seem to find a pinout explaination in any of
the documentation. Is it as simple as the "male to male" centronix
cable connection explaned in the User's manual?
The printer type was setup using the mouse as an Epson parallel port.
Is there some other setup required?
When the lp <fn> is issued the system returns to the $ prompt and
there is no printer output.
Also, when the printer is powered up and is ready the Unix PC makees
some noises in apparent recognition of the change in printer status.
Thanks in advance...
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I have an Epson MX80 attached with just a male-male centronix ribbon cable,
and it works no-problem. The things you might want to check are "lpstat -t",
is the printer enabled if not just do "enable Epson", is "lpsched" running
if not su to lp and do "/usr/lib/lpsched".
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