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From: operator@IRIS.KTH.DK (Martin Liversage)
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Subject: Re: printer half working.  Need help!
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Date: 21 Nov 90 08:05:57 GMT
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> I am trying to connect a DECwriter (yes those 15 year-old teletype things)
> to a 4D/280S, on port /dev/ttyd56.  The printer type I am using is "dumb".
> BANNER is set to 0.  STTYPARAMS has be set to "ixon ixoff", "sane",
> "-ixany ixon ixoff", and many others, but the same thing happens:
>
> Here is the problem:  when sending a file to the printer, only the first
> 8 or 9 lines are printed.  The rest is ignored (i.e. not printed).

Maybe you need to use another device driver. I had the same kind of
problem when my HP LaserJet was on port /dev/ttyf2. Then I switched to
/dev/ttyd2 and the problem disappeared. There's also a /dev/ttym*, and
don't ask me about the differences. These I have utterly forgotten.

Martin Liversage
Royal Dental College Copenhagen
Department of Pediatric Dentistry
Norre Alle 20
DK-2200 Kobenhavn N