Subject: Re: Printer
To: None <port-hp300@netbsd.org>
From: Gerard Pietersen <icarus@dse.nl>
List: port-hp300
Date: 09/22/2000 10:11:46
>Well, as long as ppi is configured to the kernel the messages will show,
>with or without the printer/plotter. See man ppi for details. The
>ppi-devices can't be probed so you have to explicitly define them.
>
>Now all that's left for you is to find some dip-switches or something
>similar and check that they are set to bus-address 5 on the Paintjet.
>If you are lucky it's already set to 5, since that seems to be some
>kind of a default for printers/plotters.
Hmm.. the only dip-switches i could find, are for selecting paper and
prints style (at least on the outside)
>And after quickly checking MAKEDEV it seems that it knows nothing about
>/dev/ppi, so you probably have to make it with mknod. Probably something
>like
># mknod /dev/ppi c 11 0
When i use this devices to print, my HP almost freezes it becomes very
slow, but it still works. And my printer doesn't do a thing, maybe this is
'cause i could find the dip-switches, so it could be set on the wrong
adress.
>
>I'd be interested in knowing whether it works or not...
>
>--
>Jarkko Teppo
>jate@uwasa.fi
>
But i'll keep on trying :) i'll let you know when it works.
Gerard