Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!husc6!contact!umb!rouilj From: rouilj@umb.umb.edu (John P. Rouillard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Need Help with HP Laser Jet (II) printcap Message-ID: <937@umb.umb.edu> Date: 2 Oct 89 22:16:05 GMT Reply-To: rouilj@umb.UUCP (John P. Rouillard) Organization: Dept of Math and CS, UMass Boston. Lines: 40 I am attempting to get an HP Laser Jet working off of a Sun 386i. I thought I saw a printcap for this beast go by a while ago, but apparently I didn't save it. This HP is being switched between network and local (IBM Pc clone) connections so I can't diddle the switches on it unless I can get it to work with both machines. It is currently set up 9600 baud, 8 bit, 1 stop, no parity. With the work I have done so far, I can send a specially prepared file to it. The file has the E or whatever to reset the hp before it dumps a straight text file to it. When I try to spool (via lpr) a regular file I get blank pages (the correct amount as far as I can see), but no text at all. This also happens if I cat a regular file to the device. If I hook up a monitor to the line, I can see all of the text being passed down the line, but the HP just doesn't want to print it. There is no error indication or anything. I AM using translate to crlf on output. I have been hacking at the printcap for 6 hours so far and I am not getting anywhere fast. I realise this isn't a large amount of time, but I am a student taking a heavy load and don't have the time to go through all of the intracasies of RTFM. Anybody who can give me a printcap, I would appreciate it. === The opinions expressed above are all mine and belong to nobody else. === John Rouillard U-Mass Boston rouilj@umb.umb.edu Physics Major Harbor Campus husc6!umb!rouilj Physics Department Boston, MA 02125 rouilj%umb.edu@RELAY.CS.NET -- === The opinions expressed above are all mine and belong to nobody else. === John Rouillard U-Mass Boston rouilj@umb.umb.edu Physics Major Harbor Campus husc6!umb!rouilj Physics Department Boston, MA 02125 rouilj%umb.edu@RELAY.CS.NET