I am having DTC problems. I have a barcode printer that will print fine from a DTC. However, the printer can send back status information (out of labels, busy etc.) But I cannot get the DTC to see the status string. When I connect an HP 700/92 terminal to the printer, I can get the status string no problem. The printer seems to be using some hardware handshaking. I connect the printer to a modem port on a DTC48. When I try to enable hardware handshaking in NMMGR, the validate says something like "HANDSHAKING FOR MODEM PORTS NOT SUPPORTED FOR DTC48" and the validation fails. I assume the problem is with the DTC48 as handshaking on direct ports is absurd. In order to get the status string, I send a cntrl-A and I should receive an eight byte string. My Fortran program just keeps timing out on the terminal reads. If I connect the terminal immediately after this timeout, all the status strings come flying onto the screen. HP support says this is a custom job and I will have to pay a consultant to attach an unsupported device. I just need to know how I can make a DTC48 modem port act like an HP700/92 terminal. I may be getting a different terminal server and skip the DTC altogether like many others have. Any help is greatly appreciated. Mark Wonsil 4M Enterprises, Inc. [log in to unmask]