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On Sat, 15 Mar 2008, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> Message from Steven
> ===================
> Teixeira wrote:
> > I need to make immediate line printings through
> > a serial port, let's say, com2.
>
> As an experiment, do the following:
> --
> wp
> --
> Then type some lines of random text and try
> printing it.  Did it work?  If so, we can
> adapt the printing routine in wp.

I am looking at the wp script.  How would it determine that you are 
printing to ttyS1 (com2) instead of lp0 or lp1?  It looks like the 
'device' line just selects for the last parallel port.

Can you simply insert the required driver for the serial printer then

cat document |dos2unix -d > /dev/ttyS1

This would require a 'generic printer' that can print plain text.
There is a very large Serial HOWTO online.
Sindi

> Cheers,
> Steven