HP LaserJet III and Pacific Page postscript cartridge

2007-12-25 7:23:00

  My original question was how to get a Pacific Page postscript

  cartridge working with our Suns thru an HP LaserJet III.

  Thanks to everybody that responded:

         xphyhofu@DDATHD21.BITNET (Joachim Holzfuss)

         brian@cimage.com (Brian Kelley)

         shollen@valhalla.cs.wright.edu (Sheila Hollenbaugh)

         trudel@cs.rutgers.edu

         sroth@eastend.jpr.com (Steven Roth)

         "MX%\"bond@kirk\""@astro.dnet.ge.com

  Johnathan (trudel@cs.rutgers.edu) got it..the cartridge was

  expecting parallel input, and I had to have it on the serial end.

 The printcap I ended up with was the one out of the latest Technical

Notes that Sun sent out:

pscript:\

        :br#9600:lp=/dev/ttya:fs#06021:of=/usr/local/lib/lpf.hp:\

        :lf=/usr/adm/printers/hp3-err:fc#0777:sb:sh:pl#60:sf:

 With the filter lpf.hp being

        #! /bin/sh

        cat | tr '\012' '\015'

        echo -n <Esc>E

        exit 0

 (replace <Esc> with a real escape)

 The consensus on the cartridge was also that it's a real dog -- its

performance is pathetic. When I tried printing out my test doc,

boston.ps (the Usenet topology of the Boston area), I let it sit

blinking for over an HOUR before I gave up. It's only good for

small documents.

 Thanks again!

Brendan


--
Brendan Kehoe - Widener Sun Network Manager - brendan@cs.widener.edu
Widener University in Chester, PA A Bloody Sun-Dec War Zone
"Visualize a dream; look for it in the present tense -- a greater calm than
before. If you persist in your efforts, you can achieve...dream control."

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