ZEFFI@FINABO.BITNET (Stefan Kronberg DC) (01/08/88)
We are trying to connect an AGFA P400PS laser printer to the
line printer port on a DMF-32 (VAX/VMS). We know how to
"convert" the DMF-32-port to a Centronics prot (that's the
communication port in the AGFA). We have succeeded in
connecting a small matrix printer with Centronics port to
the DMF-32. The output to the matrix printer looks all fine
but, when printing on the Agfa, using the same cable as to
the matrix printer, we get problems. When printing
TeX-output we get only 2-3 pages, when printing line printer
listings we get 5-6 pages, and after that the Postscript
interpreter in the AGFA skips the rest of the text. I think
there is some sort of handshake problem between the VAX and
the AGFA. Does anyone have experience of connecting an Agfa
P400PS in this way to a VAX DMF-32 line printer port?
Stefan Kronberg
Abo Akademi
Computing Center
Abo, Finland