Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!husc6!rice!sun-spots-request From: HRC%PSUVM@icsa.rice.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Parallel port connection between a 386i and a postscript printer Keywords: 386i Message-ID: <4127@kalliope.rice.edu> Date: 19 Jun 89 19:48:00 GMT Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 6 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 50, message 10 of 12 Recently, I try to connect a postscript printer( Mega PS writer) and my 386i through the build in parallel port. The software that controls the printer is 'Transcript'. When I tried to print out something, the lpq allways complains that the printer is offline. But I can cat a postscript file to /dev/lp without any problem. Dose any one know how to solve this problem ? Thanks in advance !