Re: HP Deskwriter C

[Michael Schmitz <MSchmitz@lbl.gov>]

Jason D. Michaelson wrote:
> 
> I've already tried the serial dump, and all I get is a giant black
> line (or rather, several). I didn't think about the LocalTalk concept.
> Yes, it does show up in Chooser under MacOS, but only under the
> directly attached port, not the Networked version. Incidentally, I've
> had the serial port set to both 9600 (standard Mac serial rate) and
> 57600 (the Localtalk Rate, IIRC), with the same black results.

No. LocalTalk runs at 230kbaud ... You'll probably have to change the port 
speed on the printer, too. 

> Supposedly, people have gotten them working under MacBSD, with gs and
> the standard DeskJet driver, but I haven't been able to replicate
> their results using similar parameters under Debian.

Ask these people what they did on the printer side.

	Michael