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Conference kernel::unix_printing

Title:Printing from UNIX
Moderator:KERNEL::COFFEYJ
Created:Thu Dec 17 1992
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:956
Total number of notes:2876

929.0. "old Declaser 2150 and parallel port..." by EVTAI1::BROCHARD (Manuel Brochard - French CSC) Mon Apr 07 1997 18:21

    
    Hi,
    
    	I've a customer who wants to use old Declaser 2150 (postscript)
    	connected to the parallel port of a Alphaserver 1000 running
    	Digital Unix v4.0A.
    
	He isn't able to obtain a print, either with a cat fic.ps > /dev/lp0
	The printer data LED blinks.. processing.. and then nothing.= ready
    
    	A print via a terminal server (LAT) and serial port is Ok.
    
    	The parallel cable was changed.
    
    	Does soneone succeeded to print on a postscript Declaser 2150 via
    	the parallel port from Digital Unix ?  
    
   Thanks for advices,
    
    	Manuel.
      
                
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929.1KERNEL::COFFEYJLa Feline Flooz - a unix catTue Apr 08 1997 16:439
>  	Does soneone succeeded to print on a postscript Declaser 2150 via
>    	the parallel port from Digital Unix ?  
 
I'm pretty certain it's been done. 

Have you rw in the printcap by any chance? (printcap entry would help) 
Any errors if you try a print rather than a cat?

   	
929.2parallel port HSEVTAI1::BROCHARDManuel Brochard - French CSCWed Apr 16 1997 17:041
    the parallel port was Out of Work