Re: embossing files

[Igor Gueths <igueths@attbi.com>]

Hi Luke. Do you have a Blazer? I have everything set in regards to
Parallel port. And yes it claims to be active even though it seems that it
isn't. I believe there is one setting regarding parallel ports, and the
rest of the stuff on ports is serial. So I am not sure why it is not
working properly?

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throughout all distributions until the end of the epoch.

On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Luke Davis wrote:

> I can confirm this: no init strings.  It should "just work".
> Are you sure you have everything configured properly in the config menu,
> regarding ports, etc.?  sorry if you already answered that; I haven't been
> following the entire thread.
>
>
> On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Gregory Nowak wrote:
>
> > No, the blazer needs no init string as far as I know.
> > I've used mine with a bns, braillenote, dos, and windows, and no init strings were needed.
> >
> > If you go to ftp://blazie.com, you'll find 1 or 2 blazer manuals there.
> > Although if memory serves, I think they have some older versions there, and not the newer ones.
> >
> > Hth.
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 12:16:17PM +0000, igueths@attbi.com wrote:
> > > Hi Adam. I have tried connecting the blazer to the parallel port directly, and
> > > that still doesn't wok. And just to make sure I tried a second cable which I
> > > knew worked and still no go. In fact, I tried the cable that went to the print
> > > printer which I knew worked and that didn't even work. I also checked the
> > > Blazer's options and it claims to be listening on the parallell port. I also
> > > tried resetting it and that doesn't seem to work either. But again, I don't
> > > have the manual to it anymore so I am not really sure why it is not working.
> > > Perhaps it needs to be sent an init string which isn't being sent by the cat
> > > command bc I am trying to send the raw file to the embosser? And in terms of
> > > that msg, you menioned you seee it all the time. What is the port compatting
> > > with? In other words, why does it go into "compatibility" mode every time a job
> > > is sent to a printer?
> > > > That message is quite normal.  In fact, I have never *not* seen it.  I
> > > > have also never used a Blazer.  Can you print at all from any computer
> > > > with it?  Does it work in Windows?  DOS?  Have you tried to reset it,
> > > > making sure it's listening to the parallel port?  How about connecting it
> > > > directly to the computer bypassing the switch.  I once saw a laser printer
> > > > that would work with a switch fine in Windows 98, but would only work if
> > > > directly connected to the computer in Linux.  I ended up making a Linux
> > > > machine into a Samba server to share the printer, obviating the need for
> > > > the switch.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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