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From: it23026@coral.micro.umn.edu (Pitt)
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Subject: Re: Installing a printer.
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Date: 17 May 91 05:14:04 GMT
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quairoli@cs.widener.edu (Patrick Quairoli) writes:


>	has anyone had any problems installing a dot matrix printer with
>coherent.  i can't seem to cat file >lpt1  or lpr file
>the system keeps giving me an error such as 'can not open device' , 
>or 'permission denied'.  any ideas will be appriecated.

I do face the problem before, try to set the printer port to another number, it doesn't sound make sence but it works for me, under DOS my printer is LPT:1 but in coherent, my printer port is LPT:2. Don't ask me why, ask the people who wrote coherent.

/cheer. Pitt