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Using TI printer on Symbolics

    Date: Tue, 5 Sep 89 08:20 EST
    From: PAT%atc.bendix.com@RELAY.CS.NET

    We have a 3650 and a TI OMNILASER 2108 and have been trying to get them
    to work together for a long time.  When I try to hardcopy to the printer
    I get the error

      error : printer did not respond to an EOF marker

	      It was expected to return an acknowledging EOF marker.


    Symbolics doesn't have an idea whats going on.  Has anyone ever used
    a 2108 with a 3650?  If anyone can give me help I'd appreciate it.

    Thanks,

    Patrick Coleman
    pat@atc.bendix.com

Try the following patch file, lifted from the development system.  I have not
tested this myself, so please let me know how well it works.

 -- Chuck Fry
    Symbolics Software Support

;;; -*- Mode: LISP; Syntax: Common-Lisp; Package: USER; Base: 10; Patch-File: T -*-
;;; Patch file for Private version 0.0
;;; Reason: Function (FLAVOR:METHOD LGP::GET-POSTSCRIPT-VERSION LGP::LGP2-SERIAL-STREAM):  Devo version.
;;; Written by Chucko, 9/08/89 11:27:12
;;; while running on EUREKA from FEP0:>Inc-Statice-from-WSC-Base.ilod.1
;;; with Genera 7.4 Ivory, System 418.177, Logical Pathnames Translation Files NEWEST,
;;; RPC 407.10, MacIvory Support 412.40, Serial 402.15, Utilities 412.26,
;;; Server Utilities 410.2, Hardcopy 413.7, Zmail 410.8, LMFS 411.10, Tape 412.13,
;;; Nsage 407.7, RPC Development 401.4, MacIvory Development 401.5,
;;; Documentation Database 412.5, IP-TCP 413.3, NFS 405.0, DNA 407.0,
;;; Symbolics In-House 408.17, Statice 403.0, Unique-ID 402.0, UFS 404.3, DBFS 403.8,
;;; DBFS Utilities 405.0, Statice-Index 402.2, Statice-Record 401.0,
;;; Statice-Model 403.2, Experimental Statice Examples NEWEST, DBFS-DIR 401.1,
;;; Statice-Utilities 402.2, Tertiary Storage 405.2, DBFS Maintenance 405.3,
;;; Volume Librarian 403.1, Ivory Revision 2 (FPA enabled), FEP 311,
;;; FEP0:>I311-loaders.flod(14), FEP0:>I311-debug.flod(20), FEP0:>I311-lisp.flod(14),
;;; FEP0:>I311-info.flod(14), FEP0:>I311-kernel.fep(18), Boot PROM version 304,
;;; 1067x748 B&W Screen, Machine serial number 319,
;;; Default Dired spec to *.*.newest (from VTX:>chucko>hacks>zmacs-hacks-7-2.lisp.9),
;;; Provide font for FIX.CONDENSED.TINY (from VTX:>chucko>hacks>fix-for-brad-miller's-bug-reports.lisp.5),
;;; Smaller menus for Zmail sequences (from VTX:>chucko>hacks>smaller-zmail-menus.lisp.1).


(NOTE-PRIVATE-PATCH "Fix for \"Printer xxx on host yyy did not respond to an EOF marker\"?")


;=====================================
(SYSTEM-INTERNALS:BEGIN-PATCH-SECTION)
; From buffer postscript.lisp >sys>hardcopy Q: (1668)
(SYSTEM-INTERNALS:PATCH-SECTION-ATTRIBUTES
  "-*- Syntax: Zetalisp; Mode: LISP; Base: 10;  Package: LGP; Lowercase: Yes -*-")

(defmethod1 (get-postscript-version lgp2-serial-stream)0 ()
  (let ((string (response-string-from-command self "version =" "Read PostScript Version")))
    (ignore-errors
      (scl:with-standard-io-environment
	(let ((si:*suppress-read-eval* t))
	  (read-from-string string))))))