Re: LaserWriter IINT and 8-bit data

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From: Vidiot
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 03:43

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In article <1992Oct12.141918.13349@eua.ericsson.se> euabec@eua.ericsson.se (Ake Beckman) writes:
<Hello!
<
<Apologies if this isn't the appropriate newsgroup...:-(
<
<I'm having problems with a Apple LaserWriter II NT that refuses to
<accept 8-bit data.
<
<We have an application that generates postscript containing 8-bit
<data. It prints OK on most printers except the LW II NT. The printer
<hangs off the serial port of a Sun IPX and I'm sure the printcap 
<entry is correct, because it works with a LaserWriter II NTX. 
<
<The thing that's driving me nuts is that the printers are identically
<configured. Both printers reports none-space,8-bit,1 stop-bit, and
<XON/XOFF, for both the 9 and the 25 pin serial port.
<
<Nevertheless the result is stripped to 7-bit.....
<
<Is this a known Intepreter/Hardware bug or a pilot error?
<
<The printer reports hardware revision 1 and Intepreter version 47.0.
<(The NTX has rev. 3 and Intepreter ver. 51.8)

Aren't you supposed to put out the data as two bytes instead?  That is what
I have seen done all the time.
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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
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Subject: Re: LaserWriter IINT and 8-bit data
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Date: 13 Oct 92 03:43:41 GMT
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