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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!peernews.demon.co.uk!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: PostScript printer to /dev/tty01 Date: 20 Feb 1995 19:37:24 -0000 Organization: None Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3iar1k$k4s@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> References: <95046.124314SHIH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] SHIH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU wrote: : Hi there, : I am using FreeBSD 2.0. : I have a PostScript printer attached to /dev/tty01. : I want to test it. So I tried : cat name-of-a-PS-file > /dev/tty01 : I thought it should work. But it didn't. Am I wrong? : Is there any other easy way to test the printer : attached to /dev/tty01? This should work.... I think. make sure that both ends have the same bits/parity - ie 8bits no parity one stop bit. You probably want to work with ttyi01 to set these (man sio). -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....