Re: capturing printing using kermit, how?

Dr. Rob Miller (rmiller@techno.uwc.ac.za)
Fri, 11 Oct 1996 09:28:52 -0700 (PDT)

On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, Fang-Yao Hou wrote:

> I am trying to use kermit to capture the printing from Zoomer, but do not know
> how to do it. Please share with me some info about using kermit to dump the
> serial output directly to a file. Thanks!
>
> FYHOU@MACC.WISC.EDU
>
>

been a long time but it's probably something like

kermit> set port com1
kermit> set speed 9600
kermit> log <filename> ; something like that
kermit> c ; connect to the serial port
; directly

type ^]c (control-], followed by 'c') to disconnect from the
serial port.

type `help' in kermit to get command list, `help <command>'
(e.g. `help log' as I may be mistaken above) to get instructions
for individual commands.

a coupla points :

- you need a `null modem adapter' between the Zoomer and the PC
- closest thing I found to plain ASCII output was Canon BJ-80,
text only mode.

good luck, and drop me a note if you still have problems

rob.

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