Personal Pageprinter II and AIX 2.2.1

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2 total messages Started by Peter A. Blemel Thu, 04 May 1989 18:37

#1745

Author: Peter A. Blemel
Date: Thu, 04 May 1989 18:37

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Hi
   Well, they tell me that NEWS is finally up again. I still have my bug
lists for anyone who wants them, I tried posting way back when but things
weren't getting off campus. 

   On to the topic at hand. We recently purchased Interleaf and a 
Personal Pageprinter II. When I run 'devices' to add it (the printer) to the
system, I see a selection for Personal Pageprinter. It does not say II, but
I figure since it's the only reference to the beast... Anyway, when I 
select it devices goes off looking for adaptors and then says something
to the effect of 'You don't have any adaptors suitable for using this
printer.'. 

   I have a 135 w/megapel paralell, the two basic serials, and the
8 port Rs232 adapter. Anyone know how to configure the Pageprinter II? I
fooled it into thinking it was a Proprinter XL, but that makes the 
postscript useless. 

Thanks - 
Peter
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peter@hydrovax.nmt.edu
peter@amber.nmt.edu

Re: Personal Pageprinter II and AIX 2.2.1

#1751

Author: Jim Morton
Date: Sat, 06 May 1989 19:20

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In article <2561@nmtsun.nmt.edu>, peter@hydrovax (Peter A. Blemel) writes:
> Personal Pageprinter II. When I run 'devices' to add it (the printer) to the
> system, I see a selection for Personal Pageprinter. It does not say II, but
> I figure since it's the only reference to the beast... Anyway, when I 
> select it devices goes off looking for adaptors and then says something
> to the effect of 'You don't have any adaptors suitable for using this
> printer.'. 

You need the 4216/A Personal Pageprinter adapter, which is where the
PostScript interpreter code gets downloaded. Also, you need the "PostScript
Interpreter RT PC Edition" p/n 06F2410, a 3 diskette package done for IBM
by Adobe Systems. On the 4216/A, be careful -- it comes in both AT/RT bus
versions and microchannel versions. After you get all done, it ends up
being a lot more expensive than just buying a laser printer with the
PostScript built in, and takes up a fair amount of disk space on the RT.
--
Jim Morton, APPLiX Inc., Westboro, MA
UUCP: ...harvard!m2c!applix!jim
      jim@applix.m2c.org

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