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Re: Connecting printers to serial ports using long lines

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From: Chuck Musciano
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 1988 07:58
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> Recently, we moved one of the printers from a client and connected it to a
> server's serial port.  Ever since, we have had problems printing files of
> some considerable size.

We had the same problem.  RS232 is only good for about 50 feet, and our
cable was just about 50 feet long.  We dropped the baud rate and things
cleaned up.  You may have to get a repeater box to enhance the signal,
which was going to be our next step.

Chuck Musciano
Advanced Technology Department
Harris Corporation
(407) 727-6131
ARPA: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com
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From: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano)
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Subject: Re: Connecting printers to serial ports using long lines
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