Serial printer communication and the number of stop bits

[Michael Sweet]

Preben wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I wonder why it's not possible to set the number of stop bits for the serial printer communication?
> 
> Hopefully the printer was using 1 stop bit which apparently cups uses automatically!

The serial backend supports the "stop=2" option to set 2 stop bits,
for example:

     serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200&parity=none&bits=8&stop=2&flow=rtscts

The web UI doesn't currently provide a control for the stop bits -
file a feature request at:

     http://www.cups.org/str.php

to see it added...

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