the new HP PaintJet XL driver in "incoming"

[Darrell McCauley]

Cleavy McKnight writes:
 > 
 > I have downloaded the file, but I have a couple of questions:
 > 
 > WHERE (in what directory) should I put the .tar file?

it does not matter where you put the tar file. However, when
you unarchive (un-tar) it, you should make sure that the source
goes to the proper place. See the directory /usr/grass/src/paint/Drivers
and the man page for tar (especially the -tvf option, to get you
started).

 > HOW do I tell GRASS that I want to print a file using this driver?

p.select
p.map

 > I've never printed anything from GRASS before.  In fact, I've never printed
 > ANYTHING from ANYWHERE on our SPARCStation before, 
 > 'cause we didn't have a printer driver!
 > 
 > We have an SBUS Parallel card to connect our HP PaintJet XL to.  Does this
 > (parallel "communication") necessitate any customization of the new driver
 > files?

not that I recall... if something is on the BUS, it should automagically
be detected by the OS.

If you were using a serial device, however, you would edit /etc/ttytab
and then do a "kill -1 1"---perhaps this is what you were thinking of.

 > Thanks for your help!
 > 
 > ---Cleavy L. McKnight
 >    Geology Department
 >    Baylor University
 > 
 >    cleavy2 at earthlogic.baylor.edu