Re: RV: Serial printer problem

[Ryan Underwood <nemesis-lists@icequake.net>]

Hi Miguel,

On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 10:13:29PM +0200, Miguel A. Rasero wrote:
> I have tested this:
> 
> 	stty -F /dev/ttyS0 crtscts
> 	
> 	setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart 16450
> 
> And in ms-dos: mode com1:96,n,8,1,p
> 
> But i have the same problem yet, all works fine if the report it?s short
> but when it has more lines (>25) it stops the printing, i have tested
> from the linux directly with cat /etc/hosts > /dev/ttyS0 in a large
> hosts file but it works good, anyone can help me please?
>
*snip*
>
> Hi, i have installed dosemu dosemu-1.0.2.1 and 
> configure dosemu.conf to get direct access to 
> /dev/ttyS0, then i configure in dosemu the com1 port 
> with the "mode com1:9600,n,8,1,p" when i print it 
> works fine but when i print anything large, i am using 
> a pos printer, when i print a simple ticket works fine 
> and cut the paper too, but when i print the whole day 
> sales resume, the printer begins to print the lines 
> upon others and doesn?t cut the paper, do you know what 
> can be the problem? the printer and the program that i 
> am using for pos has been tested in a normal ms-dos 
> Computer.

When you say the printer "stops printer" do you mean it stops printing
altogether, or that it stops feeding the paper and keeps printing over
and over the same line?

> I have other problem, i can?t use the (Ntilde) (Ñ) from 
> dosemu, do you know any way to do this?

Perhaps you need to change the character set options in dosemu.conf?
There are term_char_set for 1.0.2, and for the development versions
internal_char_set and external_char_set.

-- 
Ryan Underwood, <nemesis at icequake.net>, icq=10317253
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