topic Re: Printronix printer - serial in Operating System - HP-UX

Printronix printer - serial

Martin Draper_1 — Tue, 15 Feb 2000 05:42:36 GMT

Hello

I have a Printronix printer currently networked to a SCO system. I need to port
it to my HPUX system and print from the HP spooler via a port.

Have defined it OK, and it prints but the output gets garbled after approx 10
lines.

I think additional stty settings are required.

Anybody got the stty settings to go into the script for this kind of printer?

Thanks in advance.

Martin

Re: Printronix printer - serial

Al Langen_2 — Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:52:46 GMT

It would help to know which interface file you are using with this printer
(dumb, dumbplot, etc.)

Re: Printronix printer - serial

Jim Butler_4 — Thu, 17 Feb 2000 05:49:53 GMT

I'll prefix this response with "Its been awhile since I did this"

I remember this problem - It was either baud rate of the printer - should be
set the same on the port (are you using dtcmanager, or ddfa?) Using dtcmanager
and a terminal controller, you should be able to control that.

Or it was the protocol - hardware control or software control - I think I had
better luck with XON/XOFF.

Good luck.

Re: Printronix printer - serial

Martin Draper_1 — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 09:34:12 GMT

Still trying... to get the printronix to print.

Have used a variety of interfaces but concentrating on the dumbnoff (dumb no
form feed.)

I am sure there is a conflict between the stty settings and the printer
hardware set up.

Not sure which is the best way next ?

Thanks in advance