embossing files

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

My brailler is a VersaPoint using its parallel interface and a
normal printer cable to my PC parallel port. I did not make any
changes to the default configuration that the install program
created. I have had very little experience with the Blazer, and
lots of folks have had lots of trouble getting its parameters
right. My guess would be to look into that for a possibility.

On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Igor Gueths wrote:

> Chuck what kind of embosser do you have? I haven't had any luck getting it
> to work yet. Yet my print printer (hp400) works with no problems when I
> specify -Pqueue1 which is configured in /etc/printcap. I tried lpr
> filename while the Blazer was connected directly to the parport and it
> didn't work. Would it have something to do with the msg I get which is:
> lp0: compatibility mode? I get this every time I print with queue1 set,
> and it still prints fine. However the embosser is a different story. It
> doesn't work at all.
>
> 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 Mon, 17 Mar 2003 igueths at attbi.com wrote:
>
> > Hi Chuck. Ok I will try that. Currently in printcap I have params set for my
> > print printer. I got the embosser to work at one point but at that time I
> > didn't have a translator, which I have now (using nfbtrans atm). I will also
> > try connecting the Blazer directly to the parport and see what happens there.
> > This switch I am currently using possibly requires two printers to be connected
> > to it for it to work properly, so better connect that print printer again!
> > > On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 igueths at attbi.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Chuck. Do yo uhave anything related to the blazer set up in /etc/printcap?
> > > > Or do you use some kind of raw option which you pass to lpr?
> > >
> > > Neither one. I just type "lpr filename" and away it goes. My
> > > system is a Slackware 8.1 distro, and my braille files are
> > > produced by tbrl, but they are clean ascii with no control codes
> > > other than LF and FF characters.
> > >
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Igor,
> > > > > On my system the lpr command does that nicely.
> > > > > Chuck
> > > > > On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Igor Gueths wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi all. How would I go about go about embossing translated files I
> > > > > > translated with nfbtrans? I tried catting the file to /dev/lp0 but the
> > > > > > Blazer didn't start embossing. Do I need to send it some handshake
> > > > > > sequence for it to start printing? Has anyone gotten this to work if so
> > > > > > how? Thanks!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 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.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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