Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!hi-csc!giebelhaus
From: giebelhaus@hi-csc.UUCP (Timothy R. Giebelhaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Hooking up a printer to Apollo
Message-ID: <39cfc4f3.b263@hi-csc.UUCP>
Date: 21 Jan 88 19:16:00 GMT
References: <2487@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: giebelhaus@hi-csc.UUCP (Timothy R. Giebelhaus)
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In article <2487@cup.portal.com> Jinfu_Jinfu_Chen@cup.portal.com writes:
>I wonder if an Eqson compatible with serial port can be connected
>to an Apollo's RS232 port.

Sure it will work.  I don't believe there is an ascii printer type for
prf yet, though.  You can fix it three ways: 1) use the -transparent
switch every time you print something, 2) make your own prf print driver,
or 3) make your own lpr print driver (assuming you don't have an ascii
one yet).
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