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From: joes@islsun5.mse.lehigh.edu (Joe Sieczkowski)
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Subject: Re: XON/XOFF (was Re: hp plotter)
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Date: 3 Aug 89 14:07:47 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 92, message 3 of 18

I was never able to get XON/XOFF to work proberly with my NEC LC 890
PostScript printer.  I'm running Sun version 3.5.  It seems like the sun
never sees the ^S from the printer.  My final solution was to set the
printer at 1200 baud .... ie spoon feed it.

My printcap currently looks like:

	ps|cat|troff|lw:\
      		:lp=/dev/ttyb:sd=/usr/spool/lpd:rw:\
	      	:fs#06021:xs#40000:\
      		:tf=/usr/local/bin/pscat:\
        	:br#1200:mx=0:sh:lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:\
      		:pw#80:

If I even think about increasing the baud rate to 9600...the printer
looses output.  If anyone out there knows a solution to this I would
appreciate it.

Joe