question about printing

[Jim Asman]

--------------- Original Message ---------------
At 08:36A Tue May 10 2005, Bob Rasmussen wrote:

> On Tue, 10 May 2005, Butch Ammon wrote:
> 
> > ...
> > Take regular serial printer cable off Unix dot matrix printer and plug 
into the
> > back of the Datamax label machine.
> >
> > 1) Request Output to Unix printer (now Datamax labeler): Nothing. Nada. 
Zilch.
> > 2) Sit there at a record in filePro and hit "H" for hardcopy: Again, 
nothing.
> > 3) But yet, using ICE-TCP, click "Print Screen": It worked - sort of. It 
printed
> > the data/screen all over a label on the Datamax!  Curiosity question: 
WHY?!?
> 
> It sounds like this is a "Windows-only" ("brain-dead") printer. ICE-TCP is
> succeeding because it's using the Windows printer driver. But pumping
> characters directly to the printer does not. If I am right, then you will
> not be able to use the printer directly from Unix.


I suspect that this is NOT a Windows only printer as Bob suggested, but rather 
that when connected to the RS-232 port on SCO a NULL MODEM is required.



Jim 
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