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From: karish@mindcrf.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Re: Hooking up an IBM 3812 pageprinter to a 6150 RT
Summary: Use devices
Keywords: rs323, DMA, IBM, 3812, pageprinter, 6150
Message-ID: <9008030132.AA01148@mindcrf.mindcraft.com>
Date: 3 Aug 90 01:32:31 GMT
References: <5667@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
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In article <5667@darkstar.ucsc.edu> hugo@.ucsc.edu (Hugo Calendar) writes:
>
>Has anyone successfully hooked up an IBM 3812
>pageprinter to an IBM RT 6150?  I have the
>special cable which hooks up to the RS232C
>DB-25 port on the printer to the 10 pin DMA
>RS232 serial port on the back of the RT.
>I've created the device, and information does
>get output through the cable when I cat into
>/dev/lp0, but I can't make the pageprinter
>print anything.

    Use the 'devices' command to configure the port as a printer port.
    Select 'printer' from the list of device types, and take it from
    there.  You have to select the type of printer and type of
    connection (rs232, rs422, parallel, whatever).  There are several
    more screens of options that don't have much to do with
    work/don't work issues.
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