Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 18:02:40 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Daniel T. Hagan" <dhagan@vt.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Epson Stylus printer Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970213175818.295E-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970213161608.4223A-100000@rottweiler.cslab.vt.edu>
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On Thu, 13 Feb 1997, Daniel T. Hagan wrote: > I have an Epson Stylus COLOR printer that I am using solely to print text > under FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE. Previously under 2.0.5-RELEASE it functioned > well within expected norms. However, it now takes about 5-7 minutes to > print a _single_ page of text. I am totally baffled as to why this is > occuring. If anyone can give me some insight, I would be greatly > indebted to them. Here is my current /etc/printcap: > > ------ /etc/printcap ------ > # @(#)printcap 5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90 > > lp|local line printer:\ > :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/epson:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > ------ EOF ---- We have a Stylus Color, but it's hooked up to a friend's workstation that's not always in UNIX mode. It sounds like the port's IRQ is wrong or in use by another device...you might try putting it into polled mode with lptcontrol. I run my HP this way and it's fine. I think these printers have the same goofiness as the HPs, that if you want all the text to finish you have to send it a final formfeed to purge the printer's buffer. > As an aside, if anyone knows of a way to get Epson's to print Postscript, > I would appreciate knowing about it. This isn't a big deal, as I have > access to other printers that can, just not in the same building. Ghostscript will do this very, very nicely -- use the 'stcolor' device. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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