Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 20:31:55 +1000 From: Paul Fraser <pjfraser@bigpond.net.au> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Printer Configuration Message-ID: <20020327202810.O1061-100000@neptune.localdomain>
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This probably isn't the right place to ask this.. but here goes :) I've installed FreeBSD 4.5 on my PC, and I'm trying to get my printer (HP DeskJet 810C connected via /dev/lpt0) working. I've managed to get the devices installed (after recompiling the kernel, etc) and I can do lptest > /dev/lpt0, but when I do this, there is one continuous line of text that goes across the first page, then the printer prints 4 more blank pages. It then forces me to press Line Feed to eject the last page. I believe this printer is supported with the gnome-print drivers (It says the 800 series is supported, and I've had it working in Linux in the past (although with CUPS, I think)). Since I'm pretty much a complete BSD newbie, could anybody please help me get this printer configured? (eg, how to solve the line feed problem, etc) One other thing I should mention... When I print from a webpage with Konqueror within KDE (Or, any KDE application), it prints what looks like the start of a Postscript file, and stairsteps the first few lines, then prints out more blank pages. Thanks in advance! --- Paul J. Fraser pjfraser@bigpond.net.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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