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From: carolyn@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner)
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Subject: Re: Serial printers.
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Date: Fri, 14-Nov-86 20:11:50 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 14 20:11:50 1986
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References: <3888@caip.RUTGERS.EDU>
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In article <3888@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> mende@caip.RUTGERS.EDU (Bob Mende) writes:
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>   I have a problem with commecting an amiga to serial printers.  I
>have no problem sending text to them via "type foo ser:" but no matter
>what I do in preferences I can not get prt: to work with a serial
>printer.
>  Just so you know ... I am using 1.2gamma1 and trying to connect to
>both an imagewriter and a diablo 630.  I have set baud and parity
>correct in the serial section of preferences...

   This may be a dumb question but I ask because you don't mention it.

   On the Printer page of Preferences, did you
      1. Select the proper driver
      2. Select SERIAL (rather than the default PARALLEL)

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