New HP printer driver (hpijs) does not work via CUPS

[Markus Deistler]

Hi

On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 06:49, Bernard mentink wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I am having trouble getting the HPIJS driver working under CUPS. I 
> downloaded an installed the driver as per the link from the 

Just a guess ...

You use powerprint, isn't that a serial-->parallel-converter?

I run into trouble with CUPS because it seems to pretend that it
configures the serial ports correctly, while nothing happens. If you
used the old Berkeley spool system before, the serial ports might have
been configured the /etc/printcap ...

The default serial port configuration for Old World Macs seems to use
this values below, 

speed 38400 baud; line = 0;
flush = ^U;
-brkint -imaxbel

...and CUPS didn't change them on my machine! 38400 is sometimes too
slow for a serial printer, your printer's or powerprint's manual has
probably the serial specs somewhere....

I had to put this line to /etc/rc.d/rc.serial in order to use a Epson
Stylus PRO XL, you may have to try different settings for your
HP-Printer.

###################################################################
#!/bin/sh
#
# /etc/rc.d/rc.serial configures the serial port for Epson printer

action "configuring serial port for printer"\ 
 stty -F /dev/ttyS1 57600 raw echo cstopb

# this is for a modem ...

action "configuring modem port for maximum speed"\
 stty -F /dev/ttyS0 230400
 
###################################################################


Best regards,

Markus