Re: Use network printer from NetBSD

[Rocky Hotas <rockyhotas%firemail.cc@localhost>]

On giu 26  6:45, Robert Nestor wrote:
> It’s been a few years since I set up my HL-1270N, but as I recall I found the information on the internal queues and the requirement for sending the EOT at the end of a document in the User’s Manual.  And I think  they get listed when I ask the printer to print out a configuration report which can be done from the BRAdmin utility, logging into the printer via web browser or holding down the test button in the back of the printer.

After (literally) days of attempts, I found something very similar,
also thanks to what you suggested here. In the web configuration
interface, I found (as mentioned in a previous message from today):

Enabled Services
    BRN3C2AF4E874A2
    BINARY_P1
    TEXT_P1
    POSTSCRIPT_P1
    PCL_P1
    BRN3C2AF4E874A2_AT

Each of them has a minimum possible configuration. For example,

TEXT_P1
Service Name	TEXT_P1
Service Port	P1
Protocols	TCP/IPIPP
Filter		Text Substitution
Control Strings	Beginning of Job	1)
		End of Job		11)\0C
Raw TCP Port	9100
Service Options	Bi-Directional

`1)' and `11)' are just the lines of a list menu. It seems (but it's
just a guess from me) that a plain text stream must not be introduced by
any character and that must be concluded by `\0c'.

I tried

{ printf 'test \014%%'; sleep 5; } | telnet <printer_IP> 9100 

with no success.

How did you append `\004' to the end of your files with your old Brother
HL-1270N?

> I scanned thru the manual on your printer and didn’t find any of the same information, but it looks like that printer has more features than a moon rocket, so I could have missed something though.

It seems so to me too :).

Bye!

Rocky