My origianl message:
|> I have some problems to print files which contain some control characters,
|> especially ^D.
|> The printqueue is on a AplhaStation 200 4/233 running DU V3.2D-1 (Rev. 41).
|> The printer is installed on a Terminalserver (EMULEX 4000 T) and I use the
|> LAT protocol to transmit the data.
|> Therefore I created some LAT devices (with latsetup) and added the
|> service with
|> #latcp -A -p tty02 -H tserv1 -R HP3_POSTSCRIPT
|> Default options of the LAT-dev:
|> #stty -a -f /dev/tty02
|> #2 disc;speed 9600 baud; 0 rows; 0 columns
|> erase = ^H; werase <undef>; kill = ^U; intr = ^C; quit = ^\; susp = ^Z
|> dsusp <undef>; eof = ^D; eol <undef>; eol2 <undef>; stop = ^S
|> start = ^Q; lnext <undef>; discard <undef>; reprint <undef>; status <undef>
|> time = 0; min = 1
|> -parenb -parodd cs8 -cstopb hupcl cread -clocal
|> -ignbrk brkint -ignpar -parmrk -inpck -istrip -inlcr -igncr icrnl -iuclc
|> ixon -ixany -ixoff -imaxbel
|> isig icanon -xcase echo -echoe -echok -echonl -noflsh -mdmbuf -nohang
|> -tostop -echoctl -echoprt -echoke -altwerase -iexten -nokerninfo
|> opost -olcuc onlcr -ocrnl -onocr -onlret -ofill -ofdel tabs -onoeot
|>
|> As you can see ^D is used to indicate EOF. I think, that is my problem
|> and I tried to change these parameters with stty, but I had no success.
|>
|> Thanks for help
Well, maybe my question was not clear enough.
The only thing I want to do, is to copy a file via LAT to the printer
without any changes and interpretation of the content.
This works fine on our old VAX, but we have to change the spooling to Unix.
Any more ideas ?
Thanks for the answer:
|>From greg_at_netuser.com
|>Serially connected printers usually don't allow any printing of characters in
|>the following list:Ctrl-C, Ctrl-D, Ctrl-Q, Ctrl-S, Ctrl-T due to their use by
|>the Postscript interpreter serial line handling software. (Ctrl-C is an
|>interrupt, Ctrl-D is an EOF, Ctrl-Q/S are flow control, and Ctrl-T is a
|>status request.)
|>
|>Your only options are to:
|> - change the font to not use any of those characters, or
|> - use a network connected printer instead of a serial connection
|>
|>Just for reference, this list of restrictions was originally documented for
|>serially connected Postscript printers on the Digital Pathworks for VMS
|>(Macintosh) SPD a number of years ago. (What, you say you're not using that
|>product under Digital Unix! Why should you look there? :-)
|>
|>Greg
|>(former Pathworks for VMS/Macintosh engineer)
Received on Fri Nov 22 1996 - 11:18:09 NZDT