From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 8 14:19:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA26106 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 8 May 1996 14:19:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA26097 for ; Wed, 8 May 1996 14:19:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA22096; Wed, 8 May 96 21:19:19 GMT Message-Id: <9605082119.AA22096@fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov> Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.40.112.3/16.2) id AA264360361; Wed, 8 May 1996 15:19:21 -0600 Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 15:19:21 -0600 From: Sean Kelly To: craig@progroup.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199605081858.LAA05852@seabass.progroup.com> (craig@progroup.com) Subject: Re: Bidirectional parallel port? Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Craig" == "Craig Shaver" writes: Craig> I believe you need a program that will take advantage of Craig> the postscript commands from the printer on the lpt?: line. Except that the lpt? ports in FreeBSD are output only. You can't read PostScript status from them, even if your parallel port hardware and printer support it. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/