Mac G3 Beige (Tommy Trussell)

[Frarquit]

1) When I examine the dmesg output I get these lines:

[   76.648788] pmac_zilog: 0.6 (Benjamin Herrenschmidt 
<benh at kernel.crashing.org>)
[   76.661021] ttyS0 at MMIO 0xf3013020 (irq = 15) is a Z85c30 ESCC - 
Serial port
[   76.673774] ttyS1 at MMIO 0xf3013000 (irq = 16) is a Z85c30 ESCC - 
Serial port

2) when I try configure the printer (Epson Stylus Color 1520) by the 
configure system> printers>add new printer> the option for serial local 
printer is not available (!)

2a) I`ve tried serial:/dev/ttyS0, serial:///dev/ttyS0 and only 
/dev/ttyS0 but it does not work.

2b) I think the printer`drive is not a problem. There are four drivers 
for Epson Stylus Color 1520.

As long I understood, the problem is still in first step (1): serial 
port assignment.

Thank you.

Francisco.

> OK here is a guess (I have not tried it, though my BJC4550 is a serial
> and parallel printer so I could try to dig up a Mac serial printer
> cable)....
>
> 1) Examine your dmesg output to determine which port gets assigned to
> which /dev -- on mine the serial/printer port gets assigned to
> /dev/ttyS0  (that last character is a zero).
>
> 2) Assuming you're using CUPS, configure it using your favorite
> method, such as the web interface (which in U/K/Xubuntu you have to go
> through some rigamarole to activate). Personally I really like the
> printing config tool in KDE. (You can install the Kubuntu stuff and
> run any of it in Xubuntu, or switch to KDE at will.)
>
> 2a) When CUPS asks how the printer is connected, I BELIEVE you put in
> the port like this-- serial:///dev/ttyS0/  -- but I don't know for
> sure, having never tried it.
>
> 2b) If you are very very lucky, the model printer you have will be
> fully supported by a CUPS driver -- simply choose it from the list. If
> you aren't so lucky, you might try the commercial software called
> TurboPrint, which works MUCH better with my Canon printer than any of
> the CUPS drivers.
>
> CAVEATS -- having set up more than my fair share of serial printers in
> a previous life, I can tell you that you very likely will have port
> speed, buffer overruns (handshaking problems), or cabling issues.
>
> SPEED: If the printer doesn't work at all, you should determine the
> speed of the printer's interface, and set the Mac's serial interface
> to match. (This includes the parity and number of stop bits. Make them
> the same.) Alternatively, set the printer's serial interface to match
> (with its dip switches or software settings). Whichever is easier.
> (Since minicom knows how to configure the serial ports, I presume the
> standard unix serial utilities work with the pmac_zilog driver, but I
> have not delved into it. Installing minicom might help you debug the
> printer settings, or it might be a real time sink, because most
> printers don't have a lot of things to "say" to you over their serial
> ports.)
>
> HANDSHAKING: If the printer seems to work on very short documents but
> goes crazy when you print several pages at a time, you're probably
> having a handshaking issue between the computer and the printer. Set
> both to use the same form of handshaking -- hardware handshaking is
> best, XON/XOFF handshaking might work, might not (it works best on
> very slow connections). Hardware handshaking depends on your cabling,
> and it's been a long time since I've done it so I don't remember the
> acronyms for sure.
>
> CABLING: If you are using some sort of adapter cable instead of the
> standard Macintosh serial cable, be prepared to get heavily into the
> arcane world of RS-232 handshake lines, and how they connect to the
> RS-422 serial ports on a Macintosh.
>
>
> I hope this gets you going... if it doesn't, please say what kind of
> printer you're using so someone can guess a little better