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From: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: LaserWriter II baud rate question
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 7 Apr 89 05:05:00 GMT
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> Is it possible to drive a PostScript printer from a Sun 3/50 3.5 at speeds
> greater than 9600 baud?   If so, can anyone explain, or point me to some
> documentation which describes, the setup required to drive a printer at
> 38.4 (or even 19.2)?

No need to mess with the gettytab or ttys.  Just set the "br" parameter in
the printcap entry to the desired baud rate.

We run our LaserWriter at 19.2 KBaud.  We never could get reliable
operation at 38.4.


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