Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:16:11 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: "Michael O'Henly" <michael@tenzo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem setting up printer... Message-ID: <20010417091611.D34379@itouchnz.itouch> In-Reply-To: <01041418025500.00678@h24-69-46-74.gv.shawcable.net>; from michael@tenzo.com on Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 06:02:55PM -0700 References: <01041418025500.00678@h24-69-46-74.gv.shawcable.net>
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On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 06:02:55PM -0700, Michael O'Henly wrote:
> I'm trying to troubleshoot the difficulty I'm having setting up printing
> under FreeBSD 4.2.
>
> An answer to this question would save me a lot of grief. ;-)
>
> I have a native Postscript printer (HP 4050) and I've created a simple
> Postscript test file using an example from the Handbook.
>
> The question is: if I'm able to print successfully this way...
>
> cat printerTest.ps > /dev/lpt0
>
> ...does this rule out misconfiguration of the kernel?
Yes, although the better way to check would be "dmesg | grep lpt"
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Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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