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From: rees@pisa.citi.umich.edu (Jim Rees)
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Subject: Re: Beware Sr10.3
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Date: 8 Mar 91 16:20:02 GMT
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In article <1991Mar7.221511.28836@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>, fridman@aa.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Robert Fridman) writes:

  Either stty tandem is broken or I'm misinterpreting it!!!!!!!!

You're misinterpreting it!!!!!!!!  Tandem mode controls xon/xoff on output. 
What you want for your printer is xon/xoff on input, which is controlled by
the start and stop characters!!!!!!!!