Subject: Re: Mac Printing
To: Jim Hagan <hagan@ee.vill.edu>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/03/1996 08:41:49
>
> Hi All,
>
> I haven't been able to get my printcap entry correct for
> printing to my Laserwritter NTR, nothing comes out of the printer.
> Has anyone been able to print? My entry looks like:

I assume the little light blinks?

> laser-NTR|Personal Laser Writter NTR:\
>     :lp=/dev/tty01:\
>     :sd=/var/spool/laser-NTR:\
>     :lf=/var/log/laser-NTR:\
>     :br#9600:\
>     :mx#0:\
>     :rw:\
>     :sh:\
>     :fc#0000300:\
>     :fs#0000041:\
>     :if=/usr/local/etc/ps_filter:
>
> The serial port on the laser printer is set up as:
>      9600 8N1 XON/XOFF
>
> Any suggestions?

I don't really know what's wrong, but I've abandoned using fc# and fs#.
lpd uses the old-style terminal control interface, which lacks some
of the niceties of stty. I've just added an "stty -f /dev/tty01 raw
57600 crtscts clocal" to my /etc/rc.local and had lpd not touch
the port configuration.

Admittedly I'm using a DeskWriter, which runs at 57600. lpd won't let
the printer run at this speed.

I need to look at it again, but the flags in /etc/ttys should be able to
set the port up too.

Good luck!

Bill