Oki ML590 Serial Interface Board Issue


 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Operating Systems SCO Oki ML590 Serial Interface Board Issue
# 1  
Old 04-30-2013
Oki ML590 Serial Interface Board Issue

Hi

Had an old ML590 with RS232 serial card that stopped working (spindle that advance ribbon broke) so I purchased a working used on ebay.

Printer powers up and seems fine. Put serial board from old printer in working ebay unit but no printing happens.

Does anyone know if there are any jumpers or switches needing attention in printer that never had this board in it before?

We're running SCO Unix with Real World accounting. I know there are port setups in Unix but I was thinking that this new printer should just work with board slipped in.

Any knowledge out there?

Thanks
# 2  
Old 04-30-2013
Did you set the baud rate the same as the old printer? You have to do it through the printer front panel set up menu.
You also have to set the serial board as the active interface.

Last edited by jgt; 04-30-2013 at 03:19 PM..
This User Gave Thanks to jgt For This Post:
# 3  
Old 05-01-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by jgt
Did you set the baud rate the same as the old printer? You have to do it through the printer front panel set up menu.
You also have to set the serial board as the active interface.

Thanks for the reply, that makes sense. Looking for the old manual to that printer.

Are those changes more than the basic user manual would cover?

---------- Post updated 05-01-13 at 09:26 AM ---------- Previous update was 04-30-13 at 07:52 PM ----------

Got it working. Had to fig out how to print settings menu
X-on/X-off

Thanks
# 4  
Old 05-01-2013
The instructions are in the user set up manual. Also covers things like default font and lines per inch.
You should probably also set the "CR on LF" option as well to avoid "staircased" printing (ie a subsequent line starts directly below the last character or the previous line.)

Code:
abcdefgh
              ijklmnop
                           qrstuv

instead of
Code:
abcdefgh
ijklmnopq
rstuv

Oki ML590 | Microline 590/591 User's Guide
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Solaris

Determine PCI Endpoint for a Serial Interface.

Hi Folks, Here is one for the real Solaris aficionados on the site; I have a T5240 and have to create an I/O domain with access to the serial port, in this case /dev/term/a and although I have been through the documentation I'm having some issues in identifying the device to assign. What I... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: gull04
2 Replies

2. Solaris

Looking for driver for SunSAI/P 3.0 (Serial Asynchronous Interface) card X2156A

I'm looking for driver for SunSAI/P 3.0 (Serial Asynchronous Interface) card X2156A for Solaris. It used to be on sun-solve, but I fail to find it on the Oracle site. Any help would be very appreciated! (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Ira28
1 Replies

3. Linux

Issue with ethernet interface

hello, I have a Linux server with two interfaces eth0 and eth1. I configured two IP addresses from two different networks on 2 interfaces, and I connected both interfaces on two different switches. the IP address of eth0 is responding without problem to ping from equipment of its home network,... (25 Replies)
Discussion started by: cerco
25 Replies

4. Hardware

Oki ML590 Serial Interface Board Issue

Hi Had an old ML590 with RS232 serial card that stopped working (spindle that advance ribbon broke) so I purchased a working used on ebay. Printer powers up and seems fine. Put serial board from old printer in working ebay unit but no printing happens. Does anyone know if there are any... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: magnetman
0 Replies

5. IP Networking

Need a bridge from an ethernet interface to a serial interface

This is my situation DOS pc serial cable (sl0) Linux Pc eth1 192.168.0.10 <-------------------->192.168.0.2 <------------>192.168.0.1 (router) I connected the linux pc and the dos pc with a SLIP (serial line internet protocol), so they can communicate in the sl0 interface. ... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mghis
3 Replies

6. Programming

Locking issue with serial port

Hi, In my application,I need to monitor the devices connected through serial port in solaris sparc 9 OS.I used c and java code for it and I am able to do the same but the problem comes when I restart the system and the open my application and try to monitor it.but I m unable to monitor the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: smartgupta
2 Replies

7. Solaris

Serial port issue

Hi, I am working with Sun Solaris 9 Sparc,Sun-Blade-100.In my application,I need to monitor the UPS using Serial port. When I am using JRE 1.4 in my application,I am able to monitor it but when I am upgrading the JRE version from 1.4 to JRE1.6. I am not able to monitor the UPS.It is showing the... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: smartgupta
1 Replies

8. Solaris

Network interface issue

Hi All, I want to configure network into my system. i tried following in to configure the interface to find the name of interface #prtdiag |grep net i got following 0 PCI-1 33 1 network-SUNW, hme then i tried following #prtconf -v |grep net network, instance #0 (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: kumarmani
6 Replies

9. Solaris

Network Interface Issue

Hi all, Here im facing problem with NIC Interface with my X86 Version of Solaris Express, even after loading module for that Interface. So please check this below mentioned log for your use and get back to me ASAP. - - - -- --... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: baraghun
0 Replies

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Print on OKI 4410

Hello, I have a problem on this printer. The first page is always blank, like a page drop. If you have a solution or a idea, please ? Thanks (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Lo38lo
1 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question