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Article #4396Re: novice question - HP emulation
From: Woody Baker Eagle Signal
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 1991 06:58
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 1991 06:58
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In article <1991Jan3.175423.2011@cbnewsl.att.com>, rl@cbnewsl.att.com (roger.h.levy) writes:
> We have a few Dataproducts LZR 1260 printers that are shared among a
> risks eventual degradation of an EEPROM if there is frequent toggling
> of softwareiomode. If this is true, it appears that the printer
I have never seen a LZR 1260 but I would guess that somewhere in
either statusdict, serverdict or $printerdict there is a procedure
that will execute the emualtor.
Older printers had one called
hplj
so
serverdict begin statusdict begin hplj
would start it.
Other printers have exechplj or something similar.
Hook a serial line up to a computer that has a terminal emulator with
ascii screen capture. set the baud rates to match the laser, and hook the
cable to the laser. then type in
executive
This should start the PS> interpreter in interactive mode.
turn on your ascii screen capture mode and do the following
statusdict load {== ==} forall
serverdict load {== ==} forall
This will dump the dictionaries to your screen. search the file
for switchopen or something simialar. Better yet, try hunting for
hplj You will find a command to invoke the emulator. Typically, it
is in an array called switchopen, and is indexed by the value of the
thumbwheel switch on the back of the printer.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Woody
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!execu!sequoia!chinacat!woody From: woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: novice question - HP emulation Summary: try systemdict Keywords: HP emulation Message-ID: <1777@chinacat.Unicom.COM> Date: 6 Jan 91 06:58:52 GMT References: <1991Jan3.175423.2011@cbnewsl.att.com> Distribution: na Organization: a guest of Unicom Systems Development, Austin Lines: 35