Original question - printcap for HP550C and serial cable.
Cable is standard null modem. Some of the more useful answsers
follow, and kindest thanks to all who took the time to reply.
From: tse@virgin.island.COM (Tech Support account)
Printcap entry for DESKJET
deskjet|hp|hp|desk:\
:lp=/dev/lw:\
:br#9600:fc#0177777:fs#0000000:xc#0177777:xs#040040:\
:sh:rw:sc:\
:lf=/usr/spool/hp/hp-log:\
:sd=/usr/spool/hp:mx#0:
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From: eckhard@ts.go.dlr.de (Eckhard Rueggeberg)
We have it threefold here, once as a raw printer, once as a PostScript
printer using GhostScript (2.6.1), and once printing Sun Rasterfiles w
with a homebrews filter. Here are the printcaps :
# Raw printer on ttya
raw:\
:br#19200:ms=litout:sh:sc:mx#0:\
:sd=/var/spool/raw:\
:lp=/dev/ttya
# ghostscript als Filter
hpgs:\
:br#19200:ms=litout:sh:sc:mx#0:\
:sd=/var/spool/gs:\
:if=/var/spool/gs/gs-if:\
:lf=/var/spool/gs/log:\
:lp=/dev/ttya
# hpras = HP DJ im 550C-Modus
hpras:\
:br#19200:ms=litout:sh:sc:mx#0:\
:sd=/var/spool/hpras:\
:if=/var/spool/hpras/hpras-if:\
:af=/var/spool/hpras/acct:\
:lp=/dev/ttya
The normal Sun serial cable layout 2 <--> 3, 3 <--> 2, 7 <--> 7 works fine.
The 550C can't handle either PostScript nor Rasterfiles directly. But when
you install a proper input filter by defining it in the :if=..: field, the
spooler can handle it. The input filter for the PostScript printing is GhostScript,
the input filter for raster files was written by me.
Eckhard
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From: "David J. Brewer" <djbrewer@nic.cerf.net>
Brett Hogden <uunet!rge.com!hogden> pointed out that a djc file for the
DeskJet 500c does not come with NeWSprinT. He has made one available at
ftp.rpi.edu [128.113.1.5] in /pub/printing/NeWSprint; it unpacks in the
printer_classes directory,
Jeff Marans.
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