Dear gurus (I wish I was one!),
I am having some problems with the setup of an LN03 Plus
laserprinter to the serial port of our 3000/300AXP and I am
actually really embarrassed to ask this, since it does not seem
to be a problem for anybody else (_at_ least I could not find anything
in the list).
There seems to be some kind of info missing for me to understand
what is going on during the setup. I have a couple of questions
regarding the setup procedure:
Here is what I have done and what I would like to have done:
-- I use a serial line on the printer, e.g. the RS232 port.
=> in the printcap file: ct=dev
=> lp=/dev/tty01
etc.
This is more or less what I get when I run lprsetup to the best of my
knowledge.
How do I know it is /dev/tty01? Why not /dev/tty00 etc?
What is the device special file which is supposed to be created? I assume
this has something to do with linking /dev/tty01 to the RS232 port.
And what is /dev/printer good for if not for a local connection?
My printcap looks like this:
-----------------------------------------------
lp|lp0|0|ln03|:\
:br#4800:\
:ct=dev:\
:fc#0177777:\
:fs#03:\
:if=/usr/lbin/ln03of:\
:lf=/usr/adm/lperr:\
:lp=/dev/tty01:\
:mx#0:\
:of=/usr/lbin/ln03of:\
:pl#66:\
:pw#80:\
:rw:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd:\
:xc#0177777:\
:xf=/usr/lbin/xf:\
:xs#044000:
----------------------------------------------
As a result I get:
lpc> stat
lp:
printer is on device '/dev/tty01' speed 4800
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
2 entries in spool area
Tue Oct 22 10:58:29 1996:
lpc>
and nothing happens.
Please give me some insight into this procedure. Is there a good book out
which has a chapter about ttys and other types of devices which might
clarify my questions and update my knowledge?
Thanks a lot for your help.
Matthias
nolte_at_hubeta.harvard.edu
Received on Tue Oct 22 1996 - 19:02:37 NZDT