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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