Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 05:21:30 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: paul beard <pdb2@u.washington.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tip(1) questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211070513340.29380-100000@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <3DCA001E.8050801@u.washington.edu>
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On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, paul beard wrote: > So I have tried to use tip to connect to this old printer, and it > seems less than responsive. tip will connect but that I can't use > any escapes: I have to kill the tip process from another session. > I did successfully get the printer to identify itself after I > power-cycled it, but that was it. > > tip was unable to do anything else for me and subsequent > connections required me to kill the process. The baud rates should > be OK (I am using 57600). Dunno if an old serial printer can go even that fast; it isn't really necessary for it to support a rate faster than it can print, which could be much less. Handshake could also be a problem. Serial cables have always been a pain, serial *printer* cables even more so. I'd start with 9600 baud and XON/XOFF handshake, then work up to faster rates and hardware handshake if the printer supports it (Mac serial mini-DIN connectors are missing some of the standard non-standard serial pins.) -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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