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From: bruce@diamond (Bruce D. Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: LaserWriter II baud rate question
Keywords: Software
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Date: 24 May 89 14:23:29 GMT
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In Sun-Spots v7n290 henkel%nepjt@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (Chuck Henkel) writes:
> By the way, what happens if you set the printer to 38400 baud, and then
> find that your Sun can't talk to it? How do you reset the printer to the
> old baud rate? 

Our LaserWriter manual says on p. 123:

You can override the PostScript-specified data transfer rate and, on the
LaserWriter IINTX, the handshake setting, by resetting the LaserWriter II
switches that normally govern those settings. This returns control over
those printer settings to the switches, unless you reset them again by
sending a PostScript program. To reset a switch, move it to the opposite
position, wait 30 seconds, and then return it to the desired postion.

The manual has all kinds of little tricks and programs for managing the
printer. It is worthwhile to take a hour and carefully read through all
the non-Mac and PC stuff.

Bruce Wright
Agricultural Engineering
Texas A&M University
bruce@diamond.tamu.edu