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From: root@igahp2.epfl.ch ()
Date: Thu Aug 20 08:57:45 1992 GMT
Reply-To: root@igahp2.epfl.ch ()
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Subject: Re: Advice on HP DeskJet C & Sun or HP Connection?
Keywords: 

In article <1992Aug19.210157.11547@seas.gwu.edu>, sheryl@seas.gwu.edu (Sheryl Coppenger) writes:
> We're considering the purchase of an HP DeskJet C to attatch to a
> Sun3 or HP9000/835.  Currently we're using a PaintJet which has been
> a terrific printer, but we'd like higher resolution without the cost
> of Postscript.
> 
> Has anybody out there had experience connecting the printer in this
> way?  Was your experience good/bad, is there anything I should know
> up front?
> 
> We'll probably be using it a lot with ghostscript or sending Xwindow
> dumps to it.  Any comments about the advisability of these uses/quality
> of output with filter programs?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Sheryl Coppenger    SEAS Computing Facility Staff	sheryl@seas.gwu.edu
> 		    The George Washington University	(202) 994-6853          

I've connected DeskJet C using parallell interface to 720 running 8.07.
Command:
xwd | xpr -device paintjet | lp -oraw -ddeskjet
gives only Black & White copies. Only software I know now, is Tetrascan
and Tetraview ( info@tetra.com ) which gives good color results. 
Quality of color printouts is reasonable, however the new PaintJet 300
is MUCH more better (but ~ 4 x more expensive !).
I hope that HP will FULLY support those printers in HP-UX 9.0 !

Cheers !
Andrew.
-- 
***  Andrzej KULIK, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne,
*** Institut de Genie Atomique, CH-1015 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND.
*** Phone: (21)693'33'59, Fax: (21)693'44'70, e-mail: root@igahp1.epfl.ch
From: evas@cs.few.eur.nl (Eelco van Asperen)
Subject: Re: HPIIIsi JetDirect card on Sun -- Page accounting
Organization: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 07:36:54 GMT

evas@cs.few.eur.nl (Eelco van Asperen) writes:
>If there is sufficient interest, I could make my HP PCL programs (pcldump,
>pclcount, pclreloc) available for FTP.

These utilities are now available for anonymous FTP from ftp.cs.few.eur.nl
in the pub directory, file pclstuff.tar.Z. This archive includes the
following utilities:

pclcount	count the number of pages
pcldump		print a verbose description of HP PCL/HPGL-2 instructions
pclpack		compress bitmapped graphics and soft fonts
pclreloc	make HP PCL jobs relocatable
		(handy for inclusion in f.e. TeX)
-- 
Eelco van Asperen.           | Erasmus University Rotterdam
-----------------------------| Department of Computer Science, room H4-32
internet: evas@cs.few.eur.nl | PObox 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
From: hsieh@regent.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: HPIIIsi JetDirect card on Sun -- Page accounting
Date: 14 Aug 92 17:26:35 GMT
Reply-To: hsieh@regent.enet.dec.com ()
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <1992Aug8.010719.26968@serval.net.wsu.edu>, dmiller@dragon.tricity.wsu.edu (David L. Miller) writes:

|>In article <1473@sousa.ltn.dec.com> hsieh@regent.enet.dec.com () writes:

|>>FYI, DEC PrintServer Supporting Host Software (enables printing over Ethernet 
|>>with TCP/IP) has a a Centralized Accounting feature which allows a system |>>administrator to track printer usage for all print clients that submit jobs |>>to a PrintServer printer.  
|>>
|>>
|>>With the DEC solution, it is the *printer* which generates the accounting |>>information and then sends this data to the supporting host software using |>>the Common Printer Access Protocol (CPAP).  Therefore, the accounting feature |>>of DEC's PrintServer Supporting Host Software (which is sold as an |>>independent product) can be taken advantage of only with those printers which |>>comply with these requirements:
|>>
|>>o communicates using CPAP 
|>>o reports accounting information.
|>>
|>>To my knowledge, DEC's PrintServer line is the only family of printers that |>>meet these specifications.
|>>
|>***Flame ON***
|>So, let me get this straight... your solution to getting accounting
|>information in a SUN/HP environment is to throw away the Sun workstations
|>and HP printers and buy all DEC equipment?  Or am I missing some faint
|>element of relavance to the question that was asked?  Maybe you should
|>apply for a transfer from Engineering to Sales...
|>***Flame OFF***
|>


I am not suggesting that you "throw away the Sun workstations and HP 
printers..."  In fact, DEC offers the PrintServer Source Kit for BSD UNIX, V4.0, 
which runs on SPARC systems and supports all of the accounting features I 
mentioned in my posting.  In addition, future products will bring the DEC 
printing solution to more diverse platforms as well.

Any further questions or comments should be directed to the project leader for this product:

Sue Gleeson
gleeson@rook.enet.dec.com


_______________

Angela Hsieh
PrintServer Engineering
Digital Equipment Corporation
From: k@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Steve Kao)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: HP IIIsi & Postscript Problem
Date: 18 Aug 92 18:30:59 GMT
Organization: HP Roseville Networks Division

Brian,

If you're using the hplj.if.auto and hplj.of.auto files that came on the
tape, and have compiled the hpnps.c program as specified in the
/usr/lib/hpnp/examples2/hpnp.auto/README.auto.sun file, then I think
I'll need to see your PostScript file to be able to help you.  If you
could send to to me via e-mail, then I take a look at it and see what I
can do.  You might also send me your /etc/printcap entry for the
printer, and the /etc/bootptab file as well.  If you're sending any tftp
parameters to the printer, send them to me, too.  We'll take this
off-line via e-mail after this.  (Part of my job is to get the JetDirect
cards for unix working in LaserJets and DesignJets.)

- Steve Kao  for  Rnd USER

This IS an official response from Hewlett-Packard.
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Canon PJ1080A Color Printer - Help Needed
From: regy105@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (Barry Verdellen, Registry)
Date: 21 Aug 92 13:00:53 +1200
Reply-To: comp.periphs.printers,misc.comp.forsale
Followup-To: comp.periphs.printers
Expires: 30 Sep 92 13:03:16 +1200
Distribution: world
Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Keywords: inkjet,dip switch,manual, canon
Summary: Help for Canon color inkjet printer

HELP!!!!!!  I have Canon PJ1080A color inkjet printer but wihtout the manual.
I can't use it with my IBM compatible nor sell it.
Would any kind soul please tell me:
  *   what the dip switches mean? 
  *   the address of Canon Headquarter in New York?
  *   of any other source for a copy of the manual?
  *   of any printer driver for Microsoft Word 5.0?
  *   of any other printer drivers available.

Thanking you in advance.
Please post or email to regy105@csc.canterbury.ac.nz

With gratitute,
James.
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,misc.forsale.computers,misc.forsale.wanted,misc.wanted
From: mzhao@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Min Zhao)
Subject:  I want to sell my PostScript laser printer...
Summary:  IBM Pageprinter, perfect condition,  model 4016-020
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 13:58:39 GMT

In article <1992Aug23.063307.11693@sdf.lonestar.org> mo@sdf.lonestar.org (Mohit Goyal) writes:
>Hello.  I have the following printer that I want to trade:
>
>IBM Personal Pageprinter 4216-020
 
  
   	I have the same printer that I am asking for $750 for it.
I am lasy so I am quoting everything Mohit wrote.
 

>
>Entire set includes:
>The printer
>The 8-bit adapter card for ISA buses (required to use the printer)
>Installation program
>Doc's for adapter card
>New toner and cleaning unit(drum kit) with only 15 pages used on them
>
>
>I installed the new toner and cleaning unit at the end of June.
>A toner lasts about 1500 pages and a cleaning unit 4-5 toners
>
>I have printed less than 1850 pages *total* on this printer.
>I have used it only to print documents through WordPerfect 5.1.
>
>*** Reason for trading ***
>This printer ONLY works under DOS. (It will also work under Windows)
>I only use OS/2 2.0 on my machine and IBM has not and is not going to
>make a driver for this printer.
>It can not be used under OS/2 2.0.
>It works perfectly under DOS and DOS+Windows.
>Why? --> You have to initialize the printer when you turn on the computer,
>and the only program available to do this is for DOS.
>
>Anyways, I want to trade this printer for one that can be used under OS/2.
>
>*** Printer Spec's as given to me by IBM ***
>6 ppm
>4 megs RAM on adapter card
>Motorola 68020 processor on adapter card
>*True* Adobe PostScript
>*42* fonts
>Can emulate an IBM Proprinter or HP Laserjet II (ie. PCL 4 compatibility)
>in addition to being able to understand PostScript.
>I have a paper tray for it.
>Printer works perfectly
>Is in excellent condition, internally and externally. 
>
>Their are two reasons I want to trade this printer:
>1. Can not be used under my OS, OS/2 2.0
>2. I have absolutely no need for PostScript.  I have never and will never
>utilize this feature.
>
>
>>> I feel that an even swap would be this printer for an IBM LaserPrinter 6
>
>Anyways, please mail me if you are AT ALL interested in trading your
>laser printer for this one.  I feel confident that we can work something
>out.  I will be happy to answer any questions that you might have.
>
>Again, I would most like to trade this printer for an IBM 4216-020. (ie IBM
>Laserprinter 6), used of course.
>I am also interested in the IBM Laserprinter 5e.
>
>Nevertheless, if you have *any* laser printer you would consider trading
>please reply.  If not an even swap maybe one of us could give the other
>person $$$ or some other hardware.  I dunno...
>
>Sorry this message is so long.  Thanks.
>


From: k@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Steve Kao)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 16:40:04 GMT
Subject: Re: HP-UX, Unix LaserJets, and Routers
Organization: HP Roseville Networks Division
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers

Steve Kao (k@hprnd.rose.hp.com) wrote:
: You must configure both the "gw" and the "sm" parameters.  Without the
: "sm" parameter, the LaserJet will use the default subnet mask of 0.0.0.0
: and not recognize the "gw" parameter as having any meaning.

Ted Rypma responds:
> Is this true? Would a subnet mask of "0.0.0.0" not imply that the class mask
> should be applied to the destination IP address to determine whether or not
> to use the router ("gateway")? In this case, with the JetDirect card having
> a class C address, the applied mask would be the default of "255.255.255.0".
> The subnet mask would normally further extend the network part of the address.

It is true.  Both the "gw" and "sm" parameters must be configured to
allow the master spooler to be on the other side of the router.  If no
subnet mask is specified (the "sm" parameter), the JetDirect card uses
0.0.0.0 as its subnet mask.  It has no class mask.  Afterall, how would
the card know what its class mask would be?  Before it's configured, it
doesn't even know what its IP address is, so how can it tell what class
of IP address it's suppose to use?

- Steve Kao
From: ehrlich@world.std.com (Stuart R Ehrlich)
Subject: Comments about NEC 95 laser printer?
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 10:26:01 GMT


I am considering puchasing a NEC 95 laser printer; and I
would appreciate any comments regarding these printers.

The features I find attractive are: low price, Postscript
and HPCL, and both PC-style and Appletalk ports.
From: spedpr@thor.cf.ac.uk (Paul Richards)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: epson GQ3500
Date: 17 Aug 92 12:40:19 GMT
Distribution: comp.periphs.printers
Organization: University of Wales College at Cardiff
X-Mailer: Cardiff Computing Maths PP Mail Open News Gateway

Does anyone have any info about these printers. Specifically, I'd like
to know what emulation cards are availbale for it and how much they cost.
Also, is there an ethernet card available for it and likewise its cost.
-- 
  Paul Richards at Cardiff university, UK.

  spedpr@uk.ac.cf.thor	Internet: spedpr%thor.cf.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk
  UUCP:     spedpr@cf-thor.UUCP or ...!uunet!mcsun!uknet!cf!thor!spedpr
+++
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From: cis501@clark.edu (Charles Boling)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: WANTED: Centronics Pinouts
Summary: especially IBM-PC Implementation
Date: 23 Aug 92 16:13:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: clark.1992Aug23.161306.24790
Followup-To: Email
Organization: Clark College, Vancouver, Wa.  USA

I need a pinout for the CENTRONICS 36-pin printer standard.  If you could 
send me one, or at least tell me where I can find one, it would be
greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
-- 
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
\ Charles L. Boling   cis501@clark.edu             Clark College       /
/                     cis501@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu    Vancouver, WA  USA  \
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
Xref: sparky comp.periphs:1144 comp.os.vms:13829
From: massey@travis.llnl.gov
Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Differential-to-Single-ended SCSI?
Date: 19 Aug 92 16:07:39 GMT
Followup-To: comp.periphs
Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

In article <1992Aug18.103714.1@travis.llnl.gov>, massey@travis.llnl.gov writes:
> We have several differential SCSI devices currently being operated from a
> differential SCSI controller. We're thinking about upgrading the system
> containing the controller to a workstation that comes with its own
> single-ended SCSI controller (a Vaxstation 4000/90). 
> 
> Does anyone know of a commercial product that converts from a single-ended
> SCSI buss to a differential SCSI buss?

Shortly after I posted this message I read another from a DEC employee 
concerning someone's Turbochannel question. In his reply he states:

        If you grab a copy of the TRI/ADD Shippable Products Catalog, 
	you'll note that that covers a lot of functionality. It will 

        gatekeeper 16.1.0.2     gatekeeper:pub/DEC/TriAdd/TAcatalog.ps

So I grabbed it (it's a rather large file) and printed it (again, rather
large) and lo and behold, at least one company makes exactly what I'm
looking for. It can be had as either a board only or a stand-alone box
with a wall-mount power supply. Either handles fast SCSI. Contact:

	PARALAN Corp.			ParaLine SD10 - stand-alone SCSI
	7171 Ronson Rd.			converter $475
	San Diego, CA  92111		
	(619)560-7266			Paraline SD11 - embedded SCSI
	(619)560-8929 FAX		converter

They've got other SCSI stuff too. This is no endorsement, just a lead to
follow up.

Warren N. Massey                                      Massey@Travis.LLNL.Gov
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory                   P.O. Box 808, L-495
Livermore, Calif. 94550  <<<My opinions are mine alone>>>      (510)422-1958
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
From: johnm@cajal.uoregon.edu (John Martin)
Subject: Re: EIGHT TRACK DIGITAL RECORDING
Keywords: n
Organization: Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 03:57:41 GMT

In article <BswAM8.3LK@spock.dis.cccd.edu>, maurices@spock.dis.cccd.edu (Maurice Shihadi) writes:

>I wish someone like TEAC would put together an eight track digital
>DAT machine with eight inputs, eight outputs, two SCSI 
>interfaces, an RS423/422 interface, a proprietary interface for 
>additional eight track machines and an AES/EBU digital output
>so that information can be ported to and from a direct to disc 
>mastering computer (such as a NeXTstation) via SCSI interface or 
>AES/EBU format (another DAT machine off site).  The ability to 
>read and generate SMPTE and VITC time code withou killing a track 
>would also be nice.  
>

I don't know if Teac makes them, but there are machines that answer most
of your requirements, up to 16 tracks.  They are made for scientific
data recording, but will handle music quite well, too.  We are looking
into them in our lab here.

I don't remember the manufacturers, and I am at home right now, but if
you are interested, write me and I will mail them to you.


-- 
John Martin                                        johnm@cajal.uoregon.edu
Institute of Neuroscience,   University of Oregon,    Eugene, OR,    97402
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
From: mbl900@anusf.anu.edu.au (Mathew BM LIM)
Subject: IBM BMC type channel to SCSI II ?
Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
Date: 18 Aug 92 04:46:16 GMT

We run a Fujitsu VP2200, hardware-wise, it's similar
to an IBM S370 with BMC type channels. It runs UXP/M, Fujitsu's 
implementation of Unix System V R.4. I'm investigating the possibility
of supporting SCSI II devices on this beastie and would like to know
if it's possible to get a BMC Channel -> SCSI II connection of some sort.
If there is, how about software support? I suspect this may
be harder than finding the H/W for it.

Thanks in advance.

--
Mathew Lim, Unix Systems Programmer, ANU Supercomputer Facility,	
Australian National University,	GPO Box 4, Canberra City, ACT, Australia 2601.
Telephone : +61 6 249 2750 	| 
Fax       : +61 6 247 3425	| E-Mail  : M.Lim@anu.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
Subject: Re: SCSI CD-ROMS and Adaptec Controller... Hep Me Hep Me !
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 15:41:58 GMT

afdenis@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (Stephen Dennison) writes:
>I have an Adaptec SCSI host adapter and 2 SONY SCSI CD-ROM Drives and I 
>need to make them talk. I am putting the host adapter (an Adaptec 1520/22) 
>into an ISA machine that already has an IDE hard drive adapter in it and 
>also a floppy drive controller (all on the same card) and, at present, the 
>Adaptec seems to want to control a hard drive as device 0. If I try to set 
>the ROMs up as device 2 and 3, it *still* looks for a device on 0 and pukes 
>on boot. If I set the ROMS to 0 and 1, it finds them but reports that they 
>are *not* disk drives ... :-(

>What am I doing wrong ??? 
*----
To start with, disable the on-board ROM on the 1520.  Set your
SCSI ID's on the CD-ROM drives to something other than 0 and 1.
Run the ASPI2DOS driver, and the ASW-410 CD-ROM driver software,
and you should be in business.
--
	Mike Berger
	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
	AT&TNET     217-244-6067
	Internet    berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu
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From: massey@travis.llnl.gov
Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.os.vms
Subject: Differential-to-Single-ended SCSI?
Date: 18 Aug 92 18:37:14 GMT
Followup-To: comp.periphs
Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

We have several differential SCSI devices currently being operated from a
differential SCSI controller. We're thinking about upgrading the system
containing the controller to a workstation that comes with its own
single-ended SCSI controller (a Vaxstation 4000/90). 

Does anyone know of a commercial product that converts from a single-ended
SCSI buss to a differential SCSI buss?

Thanks,
Warren


Warren N. Massey                                      Massey@Travis.LLNL.Gov
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory                   P.O. Box 808, L-495
Livermore, Calif. 94550  <<<My opinions are mine alone>>>      (510)422-1958

Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.unix.bsd
From: raeburn@cambridge.cygnus.com (Ken Raeburn)
Subject: Re: Virtual memory exhausted
Organization: Cygnus Support, Cambridge MA
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 22:00:47 GMT

In article <seWGCD600WB4Q470Vw@andrew.cmu.edu> tj2n+@andrew.cmu.edu (Tao Jiang) writes:

   Hi, I tried to compile a program today but failed. The error
   is that the virtual memory exhausted. Anyone had this problem before?
   Any hints?

Use csh, and use its "unlimit" built-in.  If that doesn't help, try
getting rid of large unnecessary processes.  If that doesn't help,
repartition your disk to add more swap space.
From: scott@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Scott Hazen Mueller)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd
Subject: panic: mget, how to fix?
Date: 12 Aug 92 22:04:29 GMT
Organization: SF-Bay Public-Access Unix

I just recently started running SLIP on Zorch as an experiment.  One of the
problems I am encountering (among many) is that the system has started
panicing with:

vmunix:	mget 10c28580: next 10c28580  data @00000400  len 1  type 40
vmunix:	panic: mget

This looks like the kernel is corrupting the mbuf chain in some fashion,
but I don't have a clue on where to start.  The SLIP code could be the
problem, but so could any other part of the tcp/ip stack, since I don't
run any other networking.

Other info:  the system is an ISI 68K20 system running a 4.3BSD-derived
OS from an early (I think pre-tahoe) 4.3 release.  There are certainly
major differences between what I have and Net-2...  The SLIP driver stamps
are

@(#)if_sl.c     7.9 (Berkeley) 6/27/88
/* $Header: if_sl.c,v 1.12 85/12/20 21:54:55 chris Exp $ */
/* from if_sl.c,v 1.11 84/10/04 12:54:47 rick Exp */


Clues appreciated; if worse comes to worse, I hope to be doing PPP in the
near future, so if the bug is in the SLIP driver my problem will solve
itself.

-- 
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From: tj2n+@andrew.cmu.edu (Tao Jiang)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Virtual memory exhausted
Date: 12 Aug 92 06:44:54 GMT
Organization: Doctoral student, Statistics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Sorry.  I forgot to mention that I am using 386bsd0.1.

TJ
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From: tj2n+@andrew.cmu.edu (Tao Jiang)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Virtual memory exhausted
Date: 12 Aug 92 06:43:27 GMT
Organization: Doctoral student, Statistics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


Hi, I tried to compile a program today but failed. The error
is that the virtual memory exhausted. Anyone had this problem before?
Any hints?

Thanks in advance!

TJ
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd
From: mark@alias.com (Mark Andrews)
Subject: Code Newer than Net/2
Organization: Alias Research Inc., Toronto ON Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 16:57:51 GMT

I just noticed that someone reported a typo from the Net/2 tset source code.
Alot of these typos have already been reported to CSRG, been fixed and the
code made available. I remember a new version of tset being made available
at ftp.uu.net in packages/bsd-sources/usr.bin/tset. There are a number of
utilities like this; the original code from the Net/2 tape has been replaced
by code found at uunet.

Hope this helps,

Mark
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5