>Bill Studenmund writes:
>> >
>> > On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Aaron Namba wrote:
>> >
>> > > > - How can I use the printer (connected to the serial modem port). A
>> > > > DeskWriter by HP?
>>
>> The serial drivers are standard, and do quite well
>> with my DeskWriter.
>
>I've been using my DeskWriter (original model) connected to the
>printer port w/ gs.  For the most part, it works OK, except it
>occasionally will print garbage characters.  I'm guessing that this
>due to improper handshaking between the Mac (a IIcx) and the
>DeskWriter.  Small files print fine; larger ones have this problem.
>
>As a test, I converted the tiger.ps sample file that comes with gs to
>PCL using gs, and send it to the printer using:
>
>  prompt# ( stty 57600 raw -clocal cs8 -parenb -cstopb -echoctl \
>           crtscts mdmbuf ; cat tiger.pcl ) < /dev/tty01 > /dev/tty01
>

I tried the statment to add to rc.local that I found in the FAQ (something
with stty - f....) but still when I use lpr : unknown printer.

What is ghostscript (it's quite big, I did not downloaded it) Do I realy
need it to print? Or is there a simpler way?


Dick


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