blazer still doesn't work

[Igor Gueths]

I am actually using nfbtrans for a translator. Ann P also mentioned that
she set up an entry in printcap for the blazer? Hmm. I wonder what could
be happening here in that case? Syslog reports no errors, and yet the
blazer won't start embossing.

May you code in the power of the source,
may the kernel, libraries, and utilities be with you,
throughout all distributions until the end of the epoch.

On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote:

> Igor,
>
> A couple of days ago Ann P. said she used a Blazer with no
> problems in Linux, and she uses Turbo Braille for her translator.
> I can tell you that Turbo Braille sends absolutely nothing
> special to setup a printer unless you want to put it in graphics
> mode, which the Blazer does not support. (Blazer graphics have to
> be setup manually, not with escape sequences). Others have used
> TBRL and the Blazer also in Linux. Sorry I do not have a Blazer
> here to mess with, but the solution is not in the possibility of
> any fancy setup sequences that the printer might need. If it
> needed anything like that, TBRL would not make it go.
>
> Chuck
> On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Igor Gueths wrote:
>
> > Its just the laptop that has win on it. And when I try catting the file on
> > Linux, I return to a prompt and the blazer just sits there as if nothing
> > had happened. And that is what I have in my kernel i.e., parport and
> > printer support. The ink printer appears to be working, but I don't know
> > why the blazer is not? Greg, didn't you say you had a blazer? Have you had
> > any luck?
> >
> > May you code in the power of the source,
> > may the kernel, libraries, and utilities be with you,
> > throughout all distributions until the end of the epoch.
> >
> > On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Adam Myrow wrote:
> >
> > > When you try to cat a file to /dev/lp0, does the prompt return, or does it
> > > sit there until you hit control-C?  Why the Blazer works in DOS/Windows
> > > and not Linux is a complete mystery.  As for the kernel, I would think
> > > that parallel port support and printing support would be all that is
> > > required.  I usually add EEE1284 status support, but I don't think that's
> > > strictly necessary.  Is the computer you have the Blazer on dual boot?  Or
> > > does it just have Linux?  From what you've posted, I get the idea that
> > > it's just the laptop that has Windows on it.
> > >
> > >
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