geoff@laticorp.UUCP (Geoff Leach) (10/16/87)
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Does anyone have the LaserJet working under 2.0?
We have intermittent problems with the printer's buffer
being overrun, resulting in jobs being run together.
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Geoffrey Leach
LatiCorp Inc. (415)543-1199
{inhp4,lll-crg,dual,ames,quantel,pyramid}!ptsfa!laticorp!geoffhurf@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Hurf Sheldon) (10/23/87)
Reply-Path: In article <9562@felix.UUCP> geoff@laticorp.UUCP (Geoff Leach) writes: > >Does anyone have the LaserJet working under 2.0? Yes, we do. >We have intermittent problems with the printer's buffer >being overrun, resulting in jobs being run together. We encountered this problem two times - one was in getting flow control to work properly (we use 2,3,7 exclusively) with the printcap set to 8 bits, which you need for the HP. We resolved this with the following printcap: # Hewlett Packard LaserJet in B-81A lj|HP|laserjet:\ :lp=/dev/lj:\ :fc#0177777:\ :fs#0000321:\ :xc#0:\ :xs#0040040:\ :mc#3:\ :br#9600:\ :sd=/usr/spool/lj:\ :lf=/usr/adm/lj-log: # Alternate setup to same laserjet to toggle settings for some types # of graphics lj1|HP|laserjet:\ :lp=/dev/lj:\ :fc#0177777:\ :fs#0000301:\ :xc#0:\ :xs#0040040:\ :mc#3:\ :br#9600:\ :sd=/usr/spool/lj1:\ :lf=/usr/adm/lj1-log: ------ The second was with a third party DHV-11 not handling flow control in a fashion Ultrix was happy with. They rewrote their proms & fixed it. (It seems some thirdparty emulations are dependent on VMS interrupt service routines to function correctly - most third party board builders are not fully aware of the differences in a VMS vax and a Unix/Ultrix vax - always put "guaranteed to function properly with Ultrix [Unix] xx software" and make sales people know that is what you want it for. (the preceeding was non specific free advice I tossed in because I thought of it). We found that flow control, modem signal handling, etc. all worked wrong on boards whose emulation had only been set up for VMS systems. hurf -- Hurf Sheldon Network: hurf@ionvax.tn.cornell.edu Lab of Plasma Studies Bitnet: hurf@CRNLION 369 Upson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 ph:607 255 7267 I sold my Elan, got a job in science; Now, no one takes me seriously.