Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 06:38:09 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Elementary Printing Help, Please Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0207070633270.37792-100000@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20020707013135.79c4df6f.jud@myrealbox.com>
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On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Jud wrote: > I have an HP 820Cse connected to my local machine as lpt0. It > prints fine from Windows, so the hardware works. I have apsfilter > installed and /etc/printcap set up to use the ppa driver that > these particular HP machines must use. I have lpd_enable="YES" in > my /etc/rc.conf file. I also uncommented the localhost line in > /etc/hosts.equiv, just in case that might have any effect. > However, I get no response at all from the printer whenever I try > to print anything. For instance, if I try > > # lptest > /dev/lpt0 > > there is a momentary pause, then the root prompt comes up for the > next line, but the printer just sits there. You're sending text straight to a Winprinter which doesn't understand it. It needs to be sent through the driver. If your printer is named "lp" in /etc/printcap, you can do that with lpr like this: # lptest | lpr lpr is the client printing program that works with lpd. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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