What Are You Doing Right Now

travisdh1

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

just got first cup of Coffee, Following up with a few sites.

Hey - How do you send commands to printers on com ports - to test printing?

You get a new printer...

Even I don't know if that's more of a joke, serious recommendation, or both.

I don't think there is any special command. No printout = serial port settings are probably wrong. Does the printer react at all when you try to send it a print job?

Both - Working with hardware vendor on a printing issue still because it's printing different characters now.
His exact words in the email are- https://i.imgur.com/BrUaCRs.png

And I dont know how to do that

Well, neither do I. It's not exactly common knowledge, so ask the person? I'd hope they have documentation online on what to do, because I don't think you can just pipe text into a printer.

WrCombs

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

just got first cup of Coffee, Following up with a few sites.

Hey - How do you send commands to printers on com ports - to test printing?

You get a new printer...

Even I don't know if that's more of a joke, serious recommendation, or both.

I don't think there is any special command. No printout = serial port settings are probably wrong. Does the printer react at all when you try to send it a print job?

Both - Working with hardware vendor on a printing issue still because it's printing different characters now.
His exact words in the email are- https://i.imgur.com/BrUaCRs.png

And I dont know how to do that

Well, neither do I. It's not exactly common knowledge, so ask the person? I'd hope they have documentation online on what to do, because I don't think you can just pipe text into a printer.

Ah well, Fair enough .
The way he made it seem was it was common knowledge.

hobbit666

Just installed XCP-NG on my T7500.

WrCombs

@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

just got first cup of Coffee, Following up with a few sites.

Hey - How do you send commands to printers on com ports - to test printing?

If you direct connect to com1, copy test.txt>prn I think.
I haven't done that in so many years, the last time I did it, I fell off my dinosaur

Our printers are direct connected to com 2 and com 3.
when I tested with

echo Hello >Com2

I didn't get anything same for com 3 .

scotth

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

just got first cup of Coffee, Following up with a few sites.

Hey - How do you send commands to printers on com ports - to test printing?

If you direct connect to com1, copy test.txt>prn I think.
I haven't done that in so many years, the last time I did it, I fell off my dinosaur

Our printers are direct connected to com 2 and com 3.
when I tested with
echo Hello >Com2
I didn't get anything same for com 3 .

Hmmm. Make a something.txt with a message. Check your devices and see what the printer is named and what port it is connected to. If I remember correctly, the command is copy something.txt>prn or whatever your printer is named. You could do to the com port as well. If it was connected to your 1st parallel port it would be copy something.txt>lpt1. Why the name vs port, I can remember but I do know that it worked when we had impact printers.

WrCombs

@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

just got first cup of Coffee, Following up with a few sites.

Hey - How do you send commands to printers on com ports - to test printing?

If you direct connect to com1, copy test.txt>prn I think.
I haven't done that in so many years, the last time I did it, I fell off my dinosaur

Our printers are direct connected to com 2 and com 3.
when I tested with
echo Hello >Com2
I didn't get anything same for com 3 .
Hmmm. Make a something.txt with a message. Check your devices and see what the printer is named and what port it is connected to. If I remember correctly, the command is copy something.txt>prn or whatever your printer is named. You could do to the com port as well. If it was connected to your 1st parallel port it would be copy something.txt>lpt1. Why the name vs port, I can remember but I do know that it worked when we had impact printers.

returned

Access is denied

WrCombs

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

just got first cup of Coffee, Following up with a few sites.

Hey - How do you send commands to printers on com ports - to test printing?

If you direct connect to com1, copy test.txt>prn I think.
I haven't done that in so many years, the last time I did it, I fell off my dinosaur

Our printers are direct connected to com 2 and com 3.
when I tested with
echo Hello >Com2
I didn't get anything same for com 3 .
Hmmm. Make a something.txt with a message. Check your devices and see what the printer is named and what port it is connected to. If I remember correctly, the command is copy something.txt>prn or whatever your printer is named. You could do to the com port as well. If it was connected to your 1st parallel port it would be copy something.txt>lpt1. Why the name vs port, I can remember but I do know that it worked when we had impact printers.
returned
Access is denied

I ran

Copy test.txt>com1

The printer is not named in Windows. It is only in Aloha.
:man_facepalming: I dont make the rules, i just have to make stuff work .

valentina

I feel like I haven't slept in 5 days. Daylight savings is killing me

WrCombs

sarcasm/Its a joke

I even tried running

Sudo Copy Test.txt>comx

WrCombs

anyway - Was just told that we are adding yet another POS Vendor to our mix.,
We're now running Mobile Bytes - PAD Based Point of Sales, Customers will be responsible for buying their own hard ware ( i think - IDK dont yell at me. ) and we will provide the software and maintenance

WrCombs

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

sarcasm/Its a joke

I even tried running
Sudo Copy Test.txt>comx

i figured it out

Copy test.txt \com?

Is the correct syntax, also Com ports are exclusive. SO Since Aloha was using it to run the printer, it wasn't going to print test.txt

This tells me that it's most likely an aloha problem because the Printer isnt printing different characters now .

scotth

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
sarcasm/Its a joke

I even tried running
Sudo Copy Test.txt>comx
i figured it out
Copy test.txt \com?
Is the correct syntax, also Com ports are exclusive. SO Since Aloha was using it to run the printer, it wasn't going to print test.txt

This tells me that it's most likely an aloha problem because the Printer isnt printing different characters now .

Odd. I didn't realize that you're running a 'nix' OS. Isn't your printer mapped in /dev/ I believe that would be your destination and I don't remember the syntax. There's tons of Linux gurus here that would know.

WrCombs

@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
sarcasm/Its a joke

I even tried running
Sudo Copy Test.txt>comx
i figured it out
Copy test.txt \com?
Is the correct syntax, also Com ports are exclusive. SO Since Aloha was using it to run the printer, it wasn't going to print test.txt

This tells me that it's most likely an aloha problem because the Printer isnt printing different characters now .
Odd. I didn't realize that you're running a 'nix' OS. Isn't your printer mapped in /dev/ I believe that would be your destination and I don't remember the syntax. There's tons of Linux gurus here that would know.

excuse my noobness - What is a "Nix" OS?

DustinB3403

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
sarcasm/Its a joke

I even tried running
Sudo Copy Test.txt>comx
i figured it out
Copy test.txt \com?
Is the correct syntax, also Com ports are exclusive. SO Since Aloha was using it to run the printer, it wasn't going to print test.txt

This tells me that it's most likely an aloha problem because the Printer isnt printing different characters now .
Odd. I didn't realize that you're running a 'nix' OS. Isn't your printer mapped in /dev/ I believe that would be your destination and I don't remember the syntax. There's tons of Linux gurus here that would know.
excuse my noobness - What is a "Nix" OS?

Anything linux.

scotth

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
sarcasm/Its a joke

I even tried running
Sudo Copy Test.txt>comx
i figured it out
Copy test.txt \com?
Is the correct syntax, also Com ports are exclusive. SO Since Aloha was using it to run the printer, it wasn't going to print test.txt

This tells me that it's most likely an aloha problem because the Printer isnt printing different characters now .
Odd. I didn't realize that you're running a 'nix' OS. Isn't your printer mapped in /dev/ I believe that would be your destination and I don't remember the syntax. There's tons of Linux gurus here that would know.
excuse my noobness - What is a "Nix" OS?

Sorry. Unix, Linux, BSD, ...

WrCombs

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
sarcasm/Its a joke

I even tried running
Sudo Copy Test.txt>comx
i figured it out
Copy test.txt \com?
Is the correct syntax, also Com ports are exclusive. SO Since Aloha was using it to run the printer, it wasn't going to print test.txt

This tells me that it's most likely an aloha problem because the Printer isnt printing different characters now .
Odd. I didn't realize that you're running a 'nix' OS. Isn't your printer mapped in /dev/ I believe that would be your destination and I don't remember the syntax. There's tons of Linux gurus here that would know.
excuse my noobness - What is a "Nix" OS?
Anything linux.

I'm running Windows 10..

DustinB3403

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
sarcasm/Its a joke

I even tried running
Sudo Copy Test.txt>comx
i figured it out
Copy test.txt \com?
Is the correct syntax, also Com ports are exclusive. SO Since Aloha was using it to run the printer, it wasn't going to print test.txt

This tells me that it's most likely an aloha problem because the Printer isnt printing different characters now .
Odd. I didn't realize that you're running a 'nix' OS. Isn't your printer mapped in /dev/ I believe that would be your destination and I don't remember the syntax. There's tons of Linux gurus here that would know.
excuse my noobness - What is a "Nix" OS?
Anything linux.
I'm running Windows 10..

Well we found the problem didn't we.

WrCombs

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
sarcasm/Its a joke

I even tried running
Sudo Copy Test.txt>comx
i figured it out
Copy test.txt \com?
Is the correct syntax, also Com ports are exclusive. SO Since Aloha was using it to run the printer, it wasn't going to print test.txt

This tells me that it's most likely an aloha problem because the Printer isnt printing different characters now .
Odd. I didn't realize that you're running a 'nix' OS. Isn't your printer mapped in /dev/ I believe that would be your destination and I don't remember the syntax. There's tons of Linux gurus here that would know.
excuse my noobness - What is a "Nix" OS?
Anything linux.
I'm running Windows 10..
Well we found the problem didn't we.

Microsoft?

scotth

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
sarcasm/Its a joke

I even tried running
Sudo Copy Test.txt>comx
i figured it out
Copy test.txt \com?
Is the correct syntax, also Com ports are exclusive. SO Since Aloha was using it to run the printer, it wasn't going to print test.txt

This tells me that it's most likely an aloha problem because the Printer isnt printing different characters now .
Odd. I didn't realize that you're running a 'nix' OS. Isn't your printer mapped in /dev/ I believe that would be your destination and I don't remember the syntax. There's tons of Linux gurus here that would know.
excuse my noobness - What is a "Nix" OS?
Anything linux.
I'm running Windows 10..

Ahh. My mistake

WrCombs

@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scotth said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
sarcasm/Its a joke

I even tried running
Sudo Copy Test.txt>comx
i figured it out
Copy test.txt \com?
Is the correct syntax, also Com ports are exclusive. SO Since Aloha was using it to run the printer, it wasn't going to print test.txt

This tells me that it's most likely an aloha problem because the Printer isnt printing different characters now .
Odd. I didn't realize that you're running a 'nix' OS. Isn't your printer mapped in /dev/ I believe that would be your destination and I don't remember the syntax. There's tons of Linux gurus here that would know.
excuse my noobness - What is a "Nix" OS?
Anything linux.
I'm running Windows 10..
Ahh. My mistake

Nah you're good - I made a joke about using Sudo ( because in linux... you get it right?)
so It's easily confused