From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 11 01:45:15 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D469316A4CE for ; Tue, 11 May 2004 01:45:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.rdsnet.ro (smtp.rdsnet.ro [62.231.74.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89CED43D54 for ; Tue, 11 May 2004 01:45:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from itetcu@apropo.ro) Received: (qmail 11023 invoked by uid 89); 11 May 2004 08:39:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO rdsnet.ro) (62.231.74.131) by 0 with SMTP; 11 May 2004 08:39:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 18451 invoked from network); 11 May 2004 08:45:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO buh.cameradicommercio.ro) (81.196.25.19) by mail.rdsnet.ro with SMTP; 11 May 2004 08:45:13 -0000 Received: from it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro [192.168.0.10]) by buh.cameradicommercio.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD9B7612E; Tue, 11 May 2004 11:45:03 +0300 (EEST) Received: from localhost (localhost.buh.cameradicommercio.ro [127.0.0.1]) by it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34617271; Tue, 11 May 2004 11:48:56 +0300 (EEST) Received: from it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro ([127.0.0.1])port 10024) with ESMTP id 12753-08; Tue, 11 May 2004 11:48:55 +0300 (EEST) Received: from it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (localhost.buh.cameradicommercio.ro [127.0.0.1]) by it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (Postfix) with SMTP id 57F8F26A; Tue, 11 May 2004 11:48:55 +0300 (EEST) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 11:48:55 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: Warren Block Message-Id: <20040511114855.11a1bd57@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <20040510173714.L8661@wonkity.com> References: <20040510173251.5c053a6a@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> <20040510173714.L8661@wonkity.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing to HP LaserJet III X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 08:45:16 -0000 On Mon, 10 May 2004 17:42:08 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block wrote: > On Mon, 10 May 2004, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: > > > 2. The tray I have is for "legal" paper and I want to use A4; the > > problem is that if I set CUPS to print on A4 it's prompting "PC LOAD > > A4" and I have to push "Continue" for each page. > > The printer knows that it does not have A4 paper loaded. :) I got that > On many HP printers, it can tell because there are configuration > switches that are set by the paper guides in the tray. I think this is the case, if I set it from the menu it still complains. My problem is that I complains for every page, but my friend's under windows does it just for the first; I suppose cups is sending each page separately. Well, it seems I have to short some of those metallic parts on the tray ;-) > On others, you might have to set that through the front panel menus. > > > 3. From what I've seen on net there are many sub-models of LaserJet > > III with different capabilities; is there any method to query the > > printer and find out what it knows ? > > Printing a test page should show options like PostScript or additional > memory. Yes, I got there; it's 3072K bytes, firmware 19901209, internal fonts 19900713 and Paper Tray legal. Nothing about PS. Thanks, -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"