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Subject: HP Postscript Config files
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Date: 13 Dec 90 18:38:44 GMT
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	Can someone send me a sample printer configuration file for
	an HP laserjet III (with postscript cartridge) ? 
	Would it be possible to share the HP laserjet III with an IBM PC (parallel
	port) and an apollo (serial port) ?
	Anything (software/cable) different between the HP laserjet III and
	Apple laserwriters, as far as I should set it up ?
	Thanks.
	 
	    Roque Oliveira
	    oliveria@caen.engin.umich.edu
	


Here is a sample prsvr config file:

# who we are and what print manager we use
prmgr_site              ccpost_prmgr
printer_name            ccpost
description             HP Laserjet III
device_driver           postsc
speed                   9600
io_device_name          /dev/sio1 
resolution              300
paper_length            11
paper_width             8.5
point                   12
lpi                     6
collate_copies          on
left_margin             0.25
right_margin            0.25
bottom_margin           0.25
top_margin              0.25
#head_string !//modified**&
#foot_string /-#-/printed**%
# misc control stuff
file_banners            first
form_feeds              0
logo                    CC LASERJET III (Postscript)


Here is the corresponding prmgr file:

spool_node //cc1
prmgr_name ccpost_prmgr


We used a null modem cable wired as:
    1 to 1
    2 to 3
    5 and 6 to 20
    7 to 7

and set (using tctl) cts_enable and sync.

You can order electronic switch boxes from most PC magazines for
around $90. We have one that allows us to share with an Apollo
print server and a Novell print server. I believe these boxes
can be ordered to intermix parallel/serial, but the cable going
to the printer can only be one or the other, unless the printer
locks on the serial/parallel port per print job (like QMS's).

Hope this helps...


Gerry O'Brennan
Programmer/Analyst II
Computing Services
University of Missouri - Rolla
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