Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!chaph.usc.edu!aludra.usc.edu!dchun From: dchun@aludra.usc.edu (Dale Chun) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Serial Port Problems Message-ID: <10871@chaph.usc.edu> Date: 17 Jul 90 11:21:03 GMT References: <10870@chaph.usc.edu> Sender: news@chaph.usc.edu Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 12 In article <10870@chaph.usc.edu> dchun@aludra.usc.edu (Dale Chun) writes: >I have a HP LaserJet II printer hooked up via serial port to my Compaq >286e. When I print through Windows 3.0, it works perfectly without >problems, but when I try to print to DOS, it acts like the printer ~~ should read: "from" >isn't even there. Does anyone knwo what I am doing wrong? I understand ~~~~ sp. "know" >Windows 3.0 automatically initializing something (that's why it works) >and DOS doesn't. What is this "something" that Windows 3.0 does to >make the HP LaserJet II work? Thanks for any info! ...sorry for the errors, networld!