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From: conca@handel.cs.colostate.edu (michael vincen conca)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Plotter on HP9000/835
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Date: 15 Nov 90 05:23:31 GMT
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Has anyone successfully set up a serial port plotter on an HP9000/835?  

What I am trying to do is set up an HP7550a plotter to run off of one of
the mux ports (tty2p3).  I want to be able to spool to it using the lp
spooler.

I have tried to set it up like all the printers I have installed (i.e.
making sure a getty is running at the right speed, using lpadmin with the
appropriate model scripts, etc), but it is not working.  Cat'ing to the
port hasn't worked either.  Is there some catch to the plotter that I
have missed?

I've already tried HP Response Center and all I got was "We don't reco-
mend using plotters as RS232 devices.  Set it up as an HP-IB device". That
would be nice, if only I had an available HP-IB port.

Any help, hints, suggestions, recomendations would be greatly appreciated!
Things like: getty settings, lp settings, type of cable used, plotter
settings, mystical incantations used, brand of incense, etc.  Thanks.

							-Mike

P.S. I forgot...I'm running HP/UX 7.0

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