Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 06:27:51 +1000 From: Dale Walker - Manager <dale@icr.com.au> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: printer on terminal on modem Message-ID: <199807132027.GAA05009@sparc.icr.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:56:24 MST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980713125557.25570I-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White said: >On Sun, 12 Jul 1998, Dale Walker - Manager wrote: > >> The Problem: After approx 15 lines or so of printer output the output >> gets garbled... sometimes it overwrites or staircases, sometimes the >> text is repeated. My first thoughts were on flow control, but I'm a bit >> unsure as to how to tackle it. I have tried some different fs and xs >> settings in the printcap file, however they seemed to have little to no >> effect. > >Does the terminal's and the modem's flow control settings match? That's >what's important. > >Doug White | University of Oregon I'm fairly sure that it was right, I have tried a couple of different ways.. Server -->stty crtscts settings--> modem ....... modem (default setting &K3 (local flow control to RTS/CTS)-->Wy60 I have tried setting the wyse60 to x-on/x-off, rts/cts, and both;, each time I get a similar printout Assumptions: 1. printer to terminal, using straight through db25M-M cable and select "both" for handskae protocol. 2. modem on the server is set to rts/cts. Thanks for the assistance, Cheers, Dale -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Dale Walker dale@icr.com.au Manager/Sysadmin - ICRnet Independent Computer Retailers (ICR) http://www.icr.com.au Ph: +61 7 4636 4625 Fax: +61 7 4636 3513 helpdesk@icr.com.au -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- If a man is standing in the middle of the forest speaking and there is no woman around to hear him - Is he still wrong? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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