Re: Hooking up an IBM 3812 pageprinter.

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From: karish
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 1990 16:56

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In article <5751@darkstar.ucsc.edu> hugo@spica.ucsc.edu (Hugo Calendar) writes:
>Yep, I did devices...  Informations is being sent
>through the cable, so something is working.

    Did you use `devices' to configure the line for a tty or for
    a printer?  These are different.

    Did you check the settings of the DIP switches inside the back cover
    of the printer?  The printer manuals tell what they do.

>Does
>anybody have a sample file that I should be able
>to send to the 3812 printer from an RT?

    '/bin/print file' should work for any ASCII file.
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	Chuck Karish		karish@mindcraft.com
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