Gary,

It could be that the printer is waiting for a DTR from the system. Many
printers will happily ignore good data coming down the line if DTR is not
high.

Try jumping pins 4,6, and 20 on the printer side and see if it starts
working.

Doug.

Doug Werth [log in to unmask]            Beechglen Development Inc.
Director of Technical Support Services             Cincinnati, Ohio
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Jackson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 17:09 PM
Subject: Re: Genicom printer configuration


> 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