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From: tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Printing on the TI MicrLaser35
Message-ID: <9154564@bfmny0.BFM.COM>
Date: 18 May 91 01:09:04 GMT
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Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff)
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In article <2834B973.36AA@deneva.sdd.trw.com> rroux@betelgeuse.sdd.trw.com (Ray Roux) writes:
>I just purchased the TI MicroLaser35 printer for printing on my
>Sun 3/50 and am having problems getting it to print.  I have it
>attached to the Sun via a serial-parallel converter and plugged
>into the parallel port of the printer.
>
>When I try to print via HP II emulation I get the first character
>and nothing else.  When I print postscript, I _sometimes_ get a
>"PS Waiting" message and once in a blue moon a "PS Processing"
>message, but nothing ever comes out :-(

You DID match baud rates, right?  :-)

It's probably something bogus about the S-P converter.  Try both kinds
of parallel on the TI (Std and Bi); try dragging someone's PC or laptop
over and seeing if THAT prints OK in parallel.  If so, it's your
cabling.

You might be happier simply installing the RS-232 Interface board on the
PS35.  It's part 2559892-002, and your dealer should have it or be able
to order it.  This will also free up a valuable S-P converter for other
work :-)