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In article <31353A55.3685@unn.unisys.com> Simon Haines wrote:

>Is there anybody out there who is familiar with how to use a
> computer to 
>emulate a serial printer, and if so, are you generous??
>
>The scenario:
>
>I have this box, and it spits ASCII data down a wire that plugs into
> the 
>serial port of some Epson printer. I want to put that cable into a 
>serial port on a computer and trap the data, redirecting to a
> printer if 
>desired.
>
>All the serial stuff and the redirecting stuff is already taken care
> of, 
>but everytime this box tries to send some data, it says 'printer not 
>ready' which suggests that the port is not handshaking properly. The 
>error persists even when I try sending it a 07 which DOS suggests is
> the 
>'Hi howayagoin', I'm ready to receive data now' message.
>
>Is there anyone who could assist?? Any help would be much
> appreciated.
>
>Simon
>SimonEHaines@unn.unisys.com

Simon, the problem you describe sounds more like hardware than 
software.  Sounds like toy don't have a properly wire null-modem cable, 
especially as it concerns handshake and staus like CD, RTS, CTR

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