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From: karish@mindcrf.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Re: Hooking up an IBM 3812 pageprinter.
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Date: 6 Aug 90 16:56:16 GMT
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In article <5751@darkstar.ucsc.edu> hugo@spica.ucsc.edu (Hugo Calendar) writes:
>Yep, I did devices...  Informations is being sent
>through the cable, so something is working.

    Did you use `devices' to configure the line for a tty or for
    a printer?  These are different.

    Did you check the settings of the DIP switches inside the back cover
    of the printer?  The printer manuals tell what they do.

>Does
>anybody have a sample file that I should be able
>to send to the 3812 printer from an RT?

    '/bin/print file' should work for any ASCII file.
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