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From: rob@magrana1.uucp (Rob Duncan)
Subject: printcap entry for serial printer
Message-ID: <C6KDE8.H63@magrana1.uucp>
Summary: what should the entry be?
Keywords: printcap, serial, printer,
Organization: Pomegranate Technology, Inc.
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Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 17:18:07 GMT
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apologies if this is a naive faq, please direct me to a better forum if
there is one.
can someone tell me how to configure my 386bsd system to use a printer
on one of the serial lines? here is my current printcap entry:
lp|local line printer:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:lp=/dev/com1:br#9600:
what i'm trying to end up with is a setting which has the printer using
xon/xoff flow control, 8 bits, no parity. but i can't find out the
magic constants needed in the fc/fs/xc/xs capabilities. i'd also like
to run the line at a hight speed, 38400 baud if that's possible.
at the moment all i get as output is a couple of blank pages :-(.
of course, what i'd really like to do is attach the printer to the
parallel port, but i don't have a driver for that. has anyone else
managed to do it?
thanks,
rob.
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