Subject: Re: Serial port / LW NT
To: Patrick Welche <prlw1@cus.cam.ac.uk>
From: Dr DR de Lacey <del2@cus.cam.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 02/21/1997 16:12:29
On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Patrick Welche wrote:
> I am having problems printing to a LaserWriter II NT, namely nothing
> comes out.
[snip]
> lp|local line printer:\
> :lp=/dev/tty00:sd=/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
> :br#9600:ms=cs8,-parenb,-cstopb,-crtscts,-clocal,-ixon:
>
> and the result is the on-line light flashes, but no printout
> appears.
You clearly have communication, what do the error logs say? Are you sure
that the Apple has the required font (it is possible to configure things
so that "font not found" is a fatal error)?
Douglas de Lacey.