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From: garnett@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Roger Garnett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Apple -> Serial Printers
Message-ID: <3382@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 14 Jan 88 16:15:19 GMT
Reply-To: garnett@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Roger Garnett)
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Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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	I've been having problems getting apple computers to print succesfully
on serial printers. I know the cables are correct. 
	Two examples:
	1) Apple II+ -> typewriter w/serial interface, settable to 110 & 300
	    baud.
	2) Mac+ -> Okidata 82A, tried various baud rates, selections(typewriter
	   appledaisy,etc.)
In both cases, The printers work, they are capabile of printing one line fine,
(they both work on other computers) and their buffers are NOT getting full.
BUT: when I try to print a page, I start losing characters, often the first
character in the line, or more.
	Q: Does Apple do something weird to their serial output? Is their
timing differnt than the rest of the world? 
	Has anybody experienced these problems, and/or found a solution, other
than using 'APPLE' printers? Is there a driver for the OKI for the Mac?
Answers to these and other profound comments may be posted, or mailed to me.
thanx
__________________________________________________________
Roger Garnett           (garnett@batcomputer)
Cornell Phonetics Lab   (garnett@tcgould.TN.CORNELL.EDU)
Ithaca  N.Y.            (bitnet: sggy@cornellC)

   okbye