SUMMARY: HP LaserJet III and Pacific Page postscript cartridge

From: Brendan Kehoe (brendan@cs.widener.edu)
Date: Thu May 16 1991 - 09:59:49 CDT


  My original question was how to get a Pacific Page postscript
  cartridge working with our Suns thru an HP LaserJet III.

  Thanks to everybody that responded:
         xphyhofu@DDATHD21.BITNET (Joachim Holzfuss)
         brian@cimage.com (Brian Kelley)
         shollen@valhalla.cs.wright.edu (Sheila Hollenbaugh)
         trudel@cs.rutgers.edu
         sroth@eastend.jpr.com (Steven Roth)
         "MX%\"bond@kirk\""@astro.dnet.ge.com

  Johnathan (trudel@cs.rutgers.edu) got it..the cartridge was
  expecting parallel input, and I had to have it on the serial end.

 The printcap I ended up with was the one out of the latest Technical
Notes that Sun sent out:

pscript:\
        :br#9600:lp=/dev/ttya:fs#06021:of=/usr/local/lib/lpf.hp:\
        :lf=/usr/adm/printers/hp3-err:fc#0777:sb:sh:pl#60:sf:

 With the filter lpf.hp being

        #! /bin/sh
        cat | tr '\012' '\015'
        echo -n <Esc>E
        exit 0

 (replace <Esc> with a real escape)

 The consensus on the cartridge was also that it's a real dog -- its
performance is pathetic. When I tried printing out my test doc,
boston.ps (the Usenet topology of the Boston area), I let it sit
blinking for over an HOUR before I gave up. It's only good for
small documents.

 Thanks again!

Brendan

--
     Brendan Kehoe - Widener Sun Network Manager - brendan@cs.widener.edu
  Widener University in Chester, PA                A Bloody Sun-Dec War Zone
 "Visualize a dream; look for it in the present tense -- a greater calm than
   before.  If you persist in your efforts, you can achieve...dream control."



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