XON/XOFF flow control on LaserWriter+?
keith gorlen
nih-csl!keith at uunet.uu.net
Thu Feb 16 12:05:20 AEST 1989
I'm trying to connect an Apple LaserWriter+ to a serial port (/dev/ttya)
on a Sun-3/50 running SunOS 3.5 and Adobe TranScript 2.1. The printer is
cabled to the 3/50 as a 3-wire null modem: pin 2 to pin 3, pin 3 to pin 2,
and pin 7 to pin 7. The LaserWriter+ is set for 9600 baud. Here is the
/etc/printcap entry:
# local PostScript printer driven by TranScript software
lp|applejuice|lsmlaser|ps|postscript|PostScript:\
:lp=/dev/ttya:sd=/usr/spool/lpd:\
:lf=/usr/adm/lsmlaser-log:af=/usr/adm/lsmlaser.acct:\
:br#9600:rw:fc#0000374:fs#0000003:xc#0:xs#0040040:\
:mx#0:sf:sb:\
:if=/usr/lib/ps/psif:\
:of=/usr/lib/ps/psof:gf=/usr/lib/ps/psgf:\
:nf=/usr/lib/ps/psnf:tf=/usr/lib/ps/pstf:\
:rf=/usr/lib/ps/psrf:vf=/usr/lib/ps/psvf:\
:cf=/usr/lib/ps/pscf:df=/usr/lib/ps/psdf:
The printer doesn't work properly; specifically, a short job prints OK,
but a longer job gets flushed after a page or two with a postscript
ioerror. The LaserWriter+ does not seem to be sending XON/XOFF for flow
control, but toggling DTR instead.
Is there some magic postscript command I need to send to the LaserWriter+
to enable XON/XOFF, or some switch setting internal to the printer that is
not correctly configured? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Keith Gorlen phone: (301) 496-5363
Building 12A, Room 2017 uucp: uunet!nih-csl!keith
National Institutes of Health Internet: keith at alw.nih.gov
Bethesda, MD 20892
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