#Serial Printing Won't
HI,
I am trying to hook up a HP500C via the serial port but I have been
completely unsuccessful. Naturally, I set printer prefs to serial, set
the serial prefs to match the printer and checked that the connection were
ok.
If I print from Turbotext I get a "Object is is Use" message. If I print
from the CLI (ie. COPY [FILENAME] TO SER: OR TO PRT: or using the print
command) it will be busy for a few moments but nothing will happen.
Printing from other applications also results in nothing. I have used
XOper to see if the Printer.Device is used and it is however the printer
has no indication that it is receiving data.
I have also tried by booting off of the original WB floppies to make sure
there isn't a s/w conflict or sum'thin'. I tried different serial
settings and cables but to no avail.
It would seem to me that it isn't possible to print to the serial port
even though the printer prefs supports it. What am I doing wrong?
Please help if you have any ideas.
Thanks,
Andrew
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