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From: tim@j.cc.purdue.edu (Timothy Lange)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Printing Binary Files to the Laserjet on Novell
Keywords: how do I do it?
Message-ID: <7093@j.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 18 May 88 15:40:08 GMT
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Reply-To: tim@j.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP (Timothy Lange)
Organization: PC Learning Resource Center, Purdue University
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Your problem with printing binary files to the HP Laserjet is not
with the Novell or DOS software, it is with the interface
cabling.  The Laser will automagically do Xon/Xoff or DTR/CTS
handshaking.  Novell is capable of supporting both, you MUST tell
it which one to use.  DOS can support only hardware handshaking
(DTR/CTS) without being modified.  Since you say it doesn't work
with either DOS or Novell, I suggest you run the Novell Install
program and set the com port to do Xon/Xoff handshaking.  You
evidently have it set to do DTR/CTS and the cable is not set up
for hardware handshake.  Another way is to fix the cable to pass
the DTR/CTS signals which will give you the advantage of letting
it work with plain PC type equipment, never mind the software
being used.

Timothy Lange.

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Timothy Lange / PC Learning Resource Center / Mathematical Sciences Bldg.
Purdue University Computing Center / West Lafayette, IN  47907
317-494-1787 / tim@j.cc.purdue.edu