Configuring printer off Aux. port of terminal?

[Bill Irwin]

In article <247 at dynasys.UUCP> jessea at dynasys.UUCP () writes:
>Can anyone tell me how to configure a printer off of a terminal aux. serial
>port within Xenix.  In other words, what port do I set it up on when I use
>lpadmin, etc.  Can anyone give me some tips here or point me in the right
>direction?  Thanx much in advance.

There  is  really no special magic involved in configuring  aux  terminal
printers.   The name of the "/dev/tty" device depends on the  intelligent
serial board you are using (and in some cases, how you installed it).

Our DigiBoard sets up terminal printer device for each terminal tty line,
with  the  relationship:  ttyi1n has aux printer pri1n.  If  your  serial
board was installed correctly, then these printer ports should be sitting
there waiting to be used.

The  next step is to have the system send the control codes down the line
that tell the terminal to open up its printer because a report is coming.
Again,  different serial board vendors implement this in different  ways.
Some  have a configuration file that lists all the ttys and the codes  to
send  to  open and close the aux port on the terminal.  Some  (DigiBoard)
allow  you  to  specify the codes on a command line when you  invoke  the
serial  board software to handle the handshaking.  You will have to refer
to the manual for your board to know what to do.

There's  one gotcha that I am aware of:  some terminals require that pins
2  & 3 (Tx Rx) be reversed.  If this is the case, you can't just stick  a
cable pinned for a terminal onto your aux port and into your printer.

Good luck with it.  If you have trouble, email me and we can work through
the details.