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Printing to Apple LaserW II from Decstation 5000.

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From: Shaheen R Tonse (510)-486-6349
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 23:30
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	I am trying to attach an Apple Laser-Writer IIg to one of the output
serial ports of my DecStation 5000/200 running Ultrix 4.1. The port is device
/dev/tty01. Does anyone out there do this? If so can you tell me how to set the
entries in the /etc/printcap and /etc/ttys files. Currently I have : 

lw2g|lp1|LaserWriter IIg in room 118:\
	:br#9600:\
	:lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:\
	:lp=/dev/tty01:\
	:sd=/usr/spool/lpd:

in the printcap file, and:

tty01	"/etc/getty std.9600" vt100	on  nomodem	# laser printer RS232

in the ttys file. I tried substituting a terminal on the end of the RS232 line 
and could write fine to the terminal screen, with both the
"lpr -Plp1 filename" and the "cat filename > /dev/tty01" commands, provided
I had the ttys entry "on" and was logged in (entry after the word VT100). This 
indicates that at least the port is functioning OK.
With the ttys entry set to "off" it was also OK except that Carriage returns
did not automatically start new lines.
However when I put the serial  line back onto the printer it does not print.
I did all this using a trial postscript file of mine. To the terminal of
only the text of the file is written, but to the Apple I expected it to 
translate it.
			Regards, S.Tonse.
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From: tonse@csa2.lbl.gov (Shaheen R Tonse (510)-486-6349)
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Subject: Printing to Apple LaserW II from Decstation 5000.
Date: 3 Nov 1992 15:30 PST
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