[comp.periphs.printers] NEC Silentwriter anyone?

idc@cs.hw.ac.uk (Ian Crorie) (03/12/91)

I'm having problems connecting an NEC Silentwriter to an Orion 1/05
in place of an Apple LW+.   I'm using the same printcap entry:

lw|Apple LaserWriter Plus:\
	:sd=/usr/spool/lwd:\
	:lp=/dev/lw:lf=/usr/adm/lw-errs:af=/usr/adm/lw-acct:\
	:if=/usr/local/lib/dlw:df=/usr/local/lib/dlwR:\
	:tf=/usr/local/lib/dlwraw:\
	:mx#0:sh:sf:rw:sc:br#9600:fs#0322:fc#054:xc#0:xs#040000

The Silentwriter settings are:

Postscript
9600 baud
RS232
Space or None Parity
8 data bits
1 Stop bit
Xon/Xoff flow control
120 sec timeout

I can set the hardware interface to be LocalTalk and connect it to a
Mac - it works without any problems.   On the Orion however I get
the errors reported below when sending Postscript files produced from
a variety of sources.   Similar problems when I tip to the Silentwriter
directly and type commands at it - it doesn't seem to recognise any
Postscript commands.

Help.


root      oberon    Mar 12 10:02:48  job started
root      oberon    Mar 12 10:02:50  response: %%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: statusdict begin pagecount end = flush
root      oberon    Mar 12 10:02:50  response:  ]%%
root      oberon    Mar 12 10:02:50  response: %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
frankl    vishnu    Mar 12 10:03:29  job started
frankl    vishnu    Mar 12 10:03:36  response: %%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: %!PS-Adobe-1.0
frankl    vishnu    Mar 12 10:03:36  response:  ]%%
frankl    vishnu    Mar 12 10:03:36  response: %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
frankl    vishnu    Mar 12 10:03:36  job ended, status 2, pages 0
frankl    vishnu    Mar 12 10:05:58  job started
frankl    vishnu    Mar 12 10:06:05  response: %%[ Error: ioerror; OffendingCommand: --nostringval-- ]%%
frankl    vishnu    Mar 12 10:06:06  response: %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
frankl    vishnu    Mar 12 10:06:06  job ended, status 2, pages 0
root      oberon    Mar 12 10:10:41  job started
root      oberon    Mar 12 10:10:43  response: %%[ Error: ioerror; OffendingCommand: --nostringval-- ]%%
root      oberon    Mar 12 10:10:43  response: %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
root      oberon    Mar 12 10:52:40  job started
root      oberon    Mar 12 10:52:42  response: %%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: statusdict begin pagecount end = flush
root      oberon    Mar 12 10:52:42  response:  ]%%
root      oberon    Mar 12 10:52:42  response: %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
root      oberon    Mar 12 10:53:36  job started
root      oberon    Mar 12 10:53:43  response: %%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: %!PS-Adobe-1.0
root      oberon    Mar 12 10:53:43  response:  ]%%
root      oberon    Mar 12 10:53:43  response: %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
root      oberon    Mar 12 10:53:43  job ended, status 2, pages 0