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From: stevev@greylady.uoregon.edu (Steve VanDevender)
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Subject: Re: Need help - HPLJ interface
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Date: 3 Oct 90 23:57:47 GMT
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It sounds like a flow control problem to me.  Our 5400 generally
uses DTR handshaking on serial lines, and if you don't have your
printer configured to do DTR handshaking then it will drop
portions of a document when the printer buffers overflow.  Try
configuring the LaserJet with DTR handshaking, or set it up for
XON/XOFF and then use "stty ixon </dev/<printer tty>" (I hope
that's right) to enable XON/XOFF on that tty.
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Steve VanDevender 	stevev@greylady.uoregon.edu
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