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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (99% of Full) > > > > > So visit me sometime at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > > > > > or you might reach me at chuckh on the jabber network. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (99% of Full) > > > So visit me sometime at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > > > or you might reach me at chuckh on the jabber network. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (99% of Full) So visit me sometime at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh or you might reach me at chuckh on the jabber network.
