Re: How does one connect to a PostScript printer for an interactive session?
Re: How does one connect to a PostScript printer for an interactive session?
- Subject: Re: How does one connect to a PostScript printer for an interactive session?
- From: "Stephen J. Butler" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:12:47 -0500
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Brandon Allbery <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Burt Chambers <email@hidden> wrote:
>> When there is an error in a program being developed, an interactive
>> session (two-way communication) with the printer would be quite helpful to
>> locate the source of the error.
>
> telnet is part of basic OS X, if you know what port to talk to (often port
> 9100). I'm not sure what else you would need. Printers are not some
> strange arcane protocol requiring custom programming to talk to, they're
> just network devices speaking ordinary TCP/IP --- and your hyperterminal
> connection is just telnet protocol in a terminal emulator, which you do on
> OS X as telnet in Terminal.
Or if you're worried about telnet control characters getting in the
way, OS X comes with 'nc' which is just about as raw as you can get.
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