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- From: A1.MCL@isumvs.iastate.edu
- Subject: Re: Lan Server + Apple LaserWriter IINTX
- Message-ID: <BzMot7.Mwq@news.iastate.edu>
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:24:42 GMT
- Lines: 38
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- In article <1992Dec21.180818.9903@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>,
- tg2r@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Todd P. Greenwald) writes:
- >Has anyone successfully installed an AppleLaserWriter IINTX postscript
- >printer on a Lan Server network.
- >
- >Initially, I created a net printer which, on the server, pointed to COM1
- >(the printer is serial). I could get the server and requesters to
- >print to the queue successfully from Word Perfect 5.1 if they were
- >printing small documents. Only 2 pages would print for larger documents.
- >The server can print anything successfully if pointed directly to COM1
- >(but this ties up the printer and jams the queue for all requesters).
- >
- >I've played with printbuftime etc, as IBM thinks this is a timing problem;
- >but no luck. I've considered turning the printer into a sharable serial
- >device and have clients write directly to COM1, but we have several Dos
- >Lan Requester machines on line, and IBM tells me this is not possible for
- >them.
- >
- >Any help here would be greatly appreciated!
- >
- >Todd Greenwald M.D.
- >University of Virginia Hospitals
-
- To me, this sounds like a handshake problem. Might wnat to verify
- what handshake the printer is using (hardware or XON/XOFF) and make sure
- OS/2 is set the same from in the printer object. You will also want
- to double check the cable, and do you also have a REDIRECT printer
- object as defined in the On-line command reference under SPOOL.
-
- I have also had some trouble sending documents from WP 5.1 from
- an OS/2 Requester to a Postscript printer. We had to print to
- a file called LPT1.OS2, LPT2.OS2, etc. to get WP to print all the time to
- a postscript printer
-
- Just some rambling ideas...
- Mike Long
- Iowa State University
-
-