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From: klefstad@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Sue Klefstad)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: laserwriter on 3com 3+ 3server
Message-ID: <1991Jan23.152300.15805@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 23 Jan 91 15:23:00 GMT
Sender: klefstad@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Sue Klefstad)
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We attached a laserwriter to our 3Server3 running 3+ ver. 1.6.
It will print out 2 or 4 pages (depending on the size of the print
spooler buffer) then die with a postscript error.

The printer is connected with a four-wire serial cable with
TD, RD, and GND connected.  It is a 9600 baud printer set to 
XON/XOFF and has 2MB RAM.

When I've run into this problem with a laserwriter connected to a PC,
the retry parameter of the DOS MODE command fixed things, but
unfortunately the Retry Count here doesn't apply to 3Servers,
only PC Servers.  Any hints would be appreciated.

SPECIFICS:
3+Share Network Printer Configuration Ver. 1.6:
Configure as a network printer?  Y
Post Script                      Y
Eject a page between jobs?       N
Translate IBM to Laserjet        0
Form Type                        1
Print banners?                   N
Baud rate                        9600
Parity                           no parity
Protocol type                    XON/XOFF
Retry count                      99
Buffer size                      8192
Interrupt level                  0

PostScript error returned:
%%[ Error: ioerror; OffendingCommand: 0.0 ]%%
%%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: s ]%%

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-- Sue
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Sue Klefstad    Ill. Natural History Survey    klefstad@uiuc.edu