fredrick@acd.ucar.edu (Tim Fredrick) (01/30/91)
I have been hacking at this for several days now. I can send data to an
Imagen Laserprinter in its line printer emulation mode and it works fine.
For that I've been using "cat /etc/motd > /dev/lp0". But in the IMPRESS
mode, I can't get the printer to work. Illegal characters seem to be
sent to the printer if I do an "cat tst.impress > /dev/lp0" even though you
can do an "ipr tst.impress" on the Pyramid or SPARCstation and it works fine.
So, has anyone gotten an Imagen attached and working? If so, can you send
me your RS232 wiring and printer settings?
Our Wiring:
IBM SIDE IMAGEN
2 ________________ _________ 2
3 ________________\ __/
\____________ 3
____4
\___5
_____6
\____8
\___20______________________________ 20
Our entry in /etc/qconfig:
lp0:
device = lp0
lp0:
file = /dev/lp0
header = never
trailer = never
access = both
backend = /usr/lpd/piobe
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. --Tim
Tim Fredrick National Center for Atmospheric Research
Atmospheric Chemistry Division
fredrick@ncar.ucar.edu PO Box 3000
fredrick@ncar.CSNET Boulder, CO 80307