Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:49:39 -0800 From: paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com> To: questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: serial printing to old inkjet (stylewriter) Message-ID: <3DD33973.3060108@mac.com>
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I am trying to make use of an Apple Stylewriter (a rebadged Canon
BubbleJet) and am stuck.
I have a driver that I know works (I tried it on another machine)
but I am having trouble setting the output to be written to the
serial port. I know there is some communication there as I hear
some suggestive grunts as the printer takes up the paper. Also
when I kill the print jobs that never seem to print, it makes a
lot of "re-adjusting the sheet feeder" noises. So I'm sure there
is something getting across the wire, but I'd like more than just
job control signals.
I have all the relevant printcap entries set up and chkprintcap
has blessed them.
Here's one:
stylps:\
:lp=/dev/stylewriter:sd=/var/spool/stylps:\
:px#3060:py#3960:sh:sf:rw:\
:if=/usr/local/sbin/stylps:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
The stylps script came with the driver:
#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/bin/gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -sDEVICE=pbmraw -r360x360 \
-sOutputFile=- - \
|/usr/local/sbin/lpstyl
Here's an example of what I am doing:
[/usr/home/paul/src/stylewriter]:: enscript /etc/motd -d stylps
[ 1 pages * 1 copy ] sent to stylps
1 lines were wrapped
The control file and the data file get created:
-rw-rw---- 1 daemon wheel 105 Nov 13 21:39
cfA022green.paulbeard.org
-rw-rw---- 1 paul wheel 12038 Nov 13 21:39
dfA022green.paulbeard.org
What am I missing in this Rube Goldberg[1] arrangement?
I have the serial port of /dev/cuaa0 linked to the
/dev/stylewriter device. Right now, I'd be happy to get some
staircased gibberish to display, but I can't even get that far.
1. http://www.rube-goldberg.com/html/oversleeping.htm
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