Dennis,
You may be able to use a parallel to serial converter box. These were
used to connect serial printers to a parallel output only device. Two
gotchas I can see right away. The serial printer device would be wired
DCE. You would at least need to reverse the wires on pins 2 and 3
of the db25, along with the other signal wires... maybe a null modem
cable would work. Attach it to the serial port on a linux box and capture
*everything* coming in.
Second, would be decoding the output, form feeds, control chars, tabs and
such. (actually that would be the easier of the two)
Good Luck, I would like to hear how this pans out ;-)
--Dave
On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Denis Voitenko wrote:
>
> My question. Is there a way I could capture the output that goes to the
> printer with a help of a Linux box? If so, what would be the best set up?
> I am not sure what kind of a port/protocol it uses but I have a feeling
> it is a standard Cetronics one. Any, even minor, assistance would be great.
>
> Behold the power of Linux :-)
>
> Denis Voitenko
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