Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netsys!faatcrl!warb
From: warb@faatcrl.UUCP (Dan Warburton)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Postscript agony....
Keywords: noprinting laserwriterII unix serial port
Message-ID: <819@faatcrl.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jul 89 01:15:47 GMT
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In article <73@mara.cognet.ucla.edu> kennel@minnie.cognet.ucla.edu.UUCP (Matthew Kennel) writes:
>I'm having problems trying to print out postscript files on an
>Apple Laserwriter IINT.  The printer is connected to an
>Apollo 4000 workstation (running SR10.1) through a serial line.
>
>Symptoms:  Typically, the light on the printer starts flashing, as if its receiving


You might have a handshake problem. I think the printer will operate
in hardware handshake mode (RTS/CTS) or software (XON/XOFF). I know
that when I don't have them set correctly I get similar symptoms. A
page or two that fits into the printer buffer than
blink..blink..blink..