Re: Sending special characters to serial connected LaserWriter

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From: Rick Clements
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 18:01

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In article <4353@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
>You will need to send to output to a PostScript printer that has a parallel
>port, and not a serial port.  Binary data cannot be sent through a serial
>port, plain and simple.  Too many problems.  Things like Xmodem work because

Binary data can be send down the serial or parallel port.  Raw data can't
be sent down either.  Binary data has the special characters quoted.  The
parallel port will react to special characters also.
-- 
Rick Clements (RickCl@pogo.WV.TEK.COM)

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From: rickcl@pogo.wv.tek.com (Rick Clements)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,comp.periphs.printers,comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Sending special characters to serial connected LaserWriter
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Date: 2 Nov 92 18:01:33 GMT
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