eferry@LVAX.BRL.MIL ("Earl N. Ferry") (12/22/89)
Hello Iris Users,
We just received the Tektronix 4693 wax printer we ordered some time
ago, and I was wondering if anyone out there has a driver for it from the
old Iris 3000's and 2500's? We have two 4D/20's, but typically most of our
users produce hard copies from the 2500/3000 since they are more accessable
than the 4D's. Any help in locating a driver for the TEK4693 from the 2500/
3000 would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Earl Ferry, Jr.
Bitnet: eferry@brl.miljweldon@renegade.sgi.com (Jack Weldon) (12/23/89)
In article <8912211253.aa21967@AOS.BRL.MIL> eferry@LVAX.BRL.MIL ("Earl N. Ferry") writes: > > We just received the Tektronix 4693 wax printer we ordered some time >ago, and I was wondering if anyone out there has a driver for it from the >old Iris 3000's and 2500's? We have two 4D/20's, but typically most of our >users produce hard copies from the 2500/3000 since they are more accessable >than the 4D's. Any help in locating a driver for the TEK4693 from the 2500/ >3000 would be greatly appreciated. > > Earl Ferry, Jr. > Bitnet: eferry@brl.mil Currently there is no driver from SGI for the 4693 printer on a 3000 series, but you can easily implement what you desire by setting up one of the PIs as a printserver for the 3000s. Just setup the 4693 as a local printer on the PI, and use mknetpr(1M) on the 3000s and the other PI to spool your print jobs to the 4693. Granted, it's not like having the 4693 next to you, but hopefully it's just a short walk away. Jack Weldon System Engineer--Communications Group SGI Product Support
blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS294 x42854") (01/02/90)
What do you call /usr/lib/print/t93print? We have a 3130, we bought the Centronix Parallel interface board from SGI and a Tektronix 4693 driver was supplied. (We don't use it, because there SGI doesn't supply any documentation on the input file formats.) The 4693 is a SGI "supported" device. -- Brent L. Bates NASA-Langley Research Center M.S. 294 Hampton, Virginia 23665-5225 (804) 864-2854 E-mail: blbates@aero4.larc.nasa.gov or blbates@aero2.larc.nasa.gov
jweldon@renegade.sgi.com (Jack Weldon) (01/03/90)
In article <9001021641.AA04009@aero4.larc.nasa.gov> blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS294 x42854") writes: > > What do you call /usr/lib/print/t93print? We have a 3130, we bought >the Centronix Parallel interface board from SGI and a Tektronix 4693 >driver was supplied. (We don't use it, because there SGI doesn't supply >any documentation on the input file formats.) The 4693 is a SGI >"supported" device. > > Brent L. Bates I hate to tell you this, but as I said before, the Tek 4693 is NOT SUPPORTED on the 3000 by the Product Support Group. When I say "supported", I mean that telephone support is available through the regular 800 number. You may have purchased a driver from a Consulting group, modified your own mkcentpr program, and run it yourself. I'm sure that the Consulting group that sold you the driver supports it in some way, but there was no "released version" of 4693 for the 3000's. Take a look at the /usr/spool/lp/etc/util/mkcentpr program. It shows the only "supported" parallel printers (with drivers). They include the Tek 4692, the Mitsubishi G500, a Seiko 5312, and a (rarely used) Versatec ECP-42. If you have any references to a Tek 4693, check your tape archives for a Part Number. I would guess that it came from a Consulting group and you had to purchase it. Jack Weldon SGI Product Support
blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS294 x42854") (01/04/90)
I said we bought the driver from SGI. I double checked my mkcentpr
script and it has 5 printers listed: mits5, vers, tek, tek93, seiko.
We did not get this from a 3rd party. We bought it from SGI and here is
the SGI part number: CA-FACT/4693 and in September 1988 it cost $100.
I suggest YOU get YOUR facts straight.
If you noticed I had supported in quotes, for on the 3000's support
has always been non-existent.
--
Brent L. Bates
NASA-Langley Research Center
M.S. 294
Hampton, Virginia 23665-5225
(804) 864-2854
E-mail: blbates@aero4.larc.nasa.gov or blbates@aero2.larc.nasa.govjweldon@renegade.sgi.com (Jack Weldon) (01/05/90)
In article <9001032253.AA08678@aero4.larc.nasa.gov> blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS294 x42854") writes: > > I said we bought the driver from SGI. I double checked my mkcentpr >script and it has 5 printers listed: mits5, vers, tek, tek93, seiko. >We did not get this from a 3rd party. We bought it from SGI and here is >the SGI part number: CA-FACT/4693 and in September 1988 it cost $100. >I suggest YOU get YOUR facts straight. CA-FACT is Factory Consulting. Supported by the Consulting Group that wrote the driver. My facts are straight. Have a nice day!