Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Path: utzoo!telly!eci386!woods
From: woods@eci386.uucp (Greg A. Woods)
Subject: Re: Centronics interface on 3b2
Message-ID: <1990Sep18.213122.16908@eci386.uucp>
Keywords: 3b2, centronics, printers
Reply-To: woods@eci386.UUCP (Greg A. Woods)
Organization: Elegant Communications Inc.
References: <39168@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 90 21:31:22 GMT

In article <39168@unix.cis.pitt.edu> slimick@unix.cis.pitt.edu (John C Slimick) writes:
> I recently replaced an AT&T 479 printer with
> a Panasonic printer on our 3b2/400. The problem:
> Centronics line 14 is always low coming from the 3b2.
> Panasonic assumes that if centronics line 14
> (auto-line feed) is low, it should add a LF
> after every CR. Result: double spaced print outs.

I once had similar problems with a NEC-860 "laser" and an NCR Tower-32.
The solution was to either cut line 14, or cross connect it somewhere
else, though I don't remember the exact details.
-- 
						Greg A. Woods

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