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Date:      Sun, 22 Oct 2000 11:46:24 +1000
From:      Jurek Kuczera <jurek@acomnet.com.au>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Printing setup
Message-ID:  <39F246F0.9512F392@acomnet.com.au>

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Hi there,
Please help me.
I have problems in setting up my HP690C printer on FreeBSD 4.1.
I use standard Generic Kernel where the relevant part states:

# Parallel port
device  ppc0 at isa? irq 7
device  ppbus  # Parallel port bus (required)
device  lpt  # Printer
device  plip  # TCP/IP over parallel
device  ppi  # Parallel port interface device
#device  vpo  # Requires scbus and da
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My Princap file:
HP690C|lp|local line printer:\
 :sh:
 :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:

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rc.conf entry:
# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- #
ifconfig_rl0="inet 202.61.227.21  netmask 255.255.255.128"
hostname="caracal.acomnet.net.au"
linux_enable="YES"
moused_enable="YES"
ipv6_enable="NO"
gateway_enable="YES"
defaultrouter="202.61.227.1"
nfs_client_enable="YES"
usbd_enable="NO"
lpd_enable="YES"
lpd_flags=""
# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- #
sendmail_enable="NO"

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All seem to work except I get a message that printer is off.

Can you suggest something?

Best Regards

Jurek




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