Wirt-

I thought it would be easy too.  But I can't get it to print.  I have
swapped pins 2 & 3, but whenever I send the spoolfile to the printer it
disappears but doesn't print.  I'm wondering if flow control is a part of
the problem.

Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: Wirt Atmar
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Sent: 4/11/00 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: Genicom printer configuration

Gary asks:

> Has anyone configured a Genicom 4490XT printer on a serial port on
3000?  We
>  can't seem to make it work.  Any help would be appreciated.

Having never seen a Genicom 4490XT printer, I figure I must be about as
much
of an expert as anyone :-).

Having said that, the one thing that I would emphasize is that the
printer
port on the DTC must be configured as a Term Type 18 printer (no special
HP
status checking). Without this termtype, no foreign (non-HP) printer is
likely to work.

The second note is that I've given up which wire should be sent to Pin 2
(data send) and which to Pin 3 (data receive). I just try one way or the
other by merely guessing nowadays -- and I find that I right at least as
often as I'm wrong :-).

As soon as you get these two attributes correct, the printer should at
least
start responding, even if its response is garbage. Nonetheless, once
you're
there, it's only a matter of getting the baud rate right.

Wirt Atmar