From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 26 22:25:12 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7617B1065670 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:25:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FE778FC15 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:25:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o1QMPBt8014444; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:25:11 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id o1QMPBCU014441; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:25:11 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:25:11 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Bill Tillman In-Reply-To: <265012.7854.qm@web36501.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: References: <265012.7854.qm@web36501.mail.mud.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:25:11 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing via USB Port X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:25:12 -0000 On Fri, 26 Feb 2010, Bill Tillman wrote: > Okay, I have the setup like you show and at least now the jobs show up > in the queue, but nothing makes it to the printer. It's funny because > I can change the one line in /etc/printcap to point to lpt0 instead of > ulpt0 and it works. I have both parallel and USB cables connected in > this test setup, but the server I want to move the printer back to > only has USB. [Please don't top-post, it makes replying harder.] Some inexpensive printers don't auto-switch ports, so try disconnecting the parallel cable when testing USB. > Something else that seems odd, when I rebooted and started lpd from the command line there are two instances of it showing up in the ps -ax output. Shouldn't only one be running? If you have lpd_enable="YES" in rc.conf, you don't need to start lpd from the command line. There should still only be one running. Is the second one grep, maybe? > After reboot and restarting lpd, the job is in the queue but nothing > is printing when using the USB connection. Check the status: % lpc status lp And try restarting the printer: % lpc restart lp -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA