[ale] Serial Printer

[Nick Travis]

I've got the cable, acutally its 2 converters that use an ethernet cable
inbetween, this is how the printer was setup originally, I can get the
printer to work fine over the parallel port, but I'm not getting anything
from the serial port, I checked the serial settings on the printer:
Parity                                      None
Serial Data 7/8 Bits                  8 Bits
Protocol                                  X-ON/X-OFF
Busy Line                                SSD+
Baud Rate                                9600BPS
DSR Signal                              Invalid
DTR Signal                              Ready on Power UP
Emulation mode                        IBM PPR

I've tried changing several of these but havn't had any luck, I put it back
how it originally was(above settings).

This is my /etc/cups/printers.conf file (the printer dot-s is the serial,
dot_1 is the same printer when setup on the parallel interface)

# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.19
# Written by cupsd on Thu 22 Jan 2004 06:56:48 PM EST
<Printer dot-s>
Info
Location
DeviceURI serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=9600+bits=8+parity=none+flow=soft
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>
<DefaultPrinter dot_1>
Info
Location
DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lp0
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>

I verified my serial ports were active:
[root at localhost etc]# dmesg | grep tty
ttyS0 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS1 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A

Anyone have any ideas?  Is there a command to do something simular to an IP
ping for serial to tell if the cable is working?

Nick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Fowler" <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] Serial Printer


> Create a DB9 -> DB25 Null modem cable.  Configure the printer correctly
> and you'll be fine.
>
> If this is for your business I know of a local consulting group that
> specializes in these type hookups.
>
>
>
> On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 14:20, Nick Travis wrote:
> > I'm trying to hook up an okidata printer using my serial port, but
> > i've never hooked anything up via the serial port so I'm having some
> > problems.  Anyone know of any sites that can point me in the right
> > direction, everything i've googled up seems to be for modems.  It's a
> > fedora core 1 machine.  The serial port on the printer is a 25 pin,
> > this printer was previously working on a system that used Digiboards,
> > which i have absolutely no knowledge about.  Thanks
> >
> > Nick
> >
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