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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!csn!cns!scottm From: scottm@cscns.com (Scott McKinsey) Subject: printcap for serial printer? Message-ID: <C83xtM.7pw@cscns.com> Summary: Need printcap for serial printer 8N1 Keywords: printcap printer Sender: news@cscns.com (News) Nntp-Posting-Host: cns Organization: Community_News_Service X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1993 17:27:21 GMT Lines: 17 Has anyone succeeded in setting the serial port to 8N1 through the printcap flag controls? I have tried this in /etc/printcap. lp|local line printer:\ :lp=/dev/com0:sd=/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ :br#9600:fs#0x00000300:fc#0x00001000: if I stty the port directly (for 8N1 and 9600 bps) and then cat a file, it works ok. Thanks netters, Scott