In spite of suggestions from David Houlder and others I have not succeeded
in getting our HP XL300 to accept Postscript output from ps.map. I expect
that this has to do with the pleasures of the Sun Printcap file. When I
called HP, they had no information on what ought to be in the Printcap file.
I am running SunOS 4.1.3 and sending output out the serial port and through
a serial/parallel converter to the parallel port on the HP printer. I think
that if the correct serial parameters are in the printcap file, then the
converter should work. I set the dip switches on the HP to Postscript, since
we have the HP Postscript card. Here's what's in the printcap file so far:
#############################################
# entry for the HP XL300 color postscript printer
hpjet|lp2:\
:lp=/dev/ttyb:\
:sd=/var/spool/hpjet:\
:lf=/var/spool/hpjet/log:\
:mx#0:\
:sf:\
:sh:\
:br#9600:\
:ms=-parity,ixon:
I've checked all the permissions on the appropriate files and they're as Sun
suggests. I suspect the missing or incorrest parameters are the :ms
parameters. Anyone have ideas?
Bill Baker
bakerwl@uwyo.edu