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    Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 13:34 EDT
    From: Mabry Tyson <TYSON@ai.sri.com>


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    From: Daniel Finster <df@downtown.cfc.net>
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    Subject: Hardcopy

    I'm trying (don't laugh) to use a DECWRITER-III as a printer.

    Everything seems to work ok, except the output always gets chopped off
    around 1k to the end of the file.  I assume this is because the
    printer is receiving a signal to end before it is finished printing
    its buffer.

    Is there any easy way to make the hardcopy system pause at EOF long
    enough to allow the printers buffer to drain before it closes the
    stream?

the serial stream code does this automatically without your intervention.

    Also, I can't seem to get any flow control to work, so if I try to
    print at anything above 600 baud I lose characters.  Any ideas?

    One more thing: hardcopy seems to like to spit out a blank page after
    every page it prints.  Setting the page length in the namespace to
    most-positive-fixnum fixes this, but this seems a rather kludgy
    solution.

    Thanks for whatever pointers anyone has on these problems.

    -------

i assume you are trying to use the console serial port.

if memory serves the console serial port has severe problems.
these are related to ancient hardware design of the 36xx and
were never fixed. i have gotten the console port to work in
some circumstances with a good deal of attention, however i
would not suggest it as the port of choice.

the bulkhead port(s) on the other hand seem to work reliably.

i have successfully connected all sorts of devices (including
synchronous modems) to my XL1200 bulkhead port.

i suggest you try one of these.

-sg