Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 14:58:50 -0400 From: parv <parv@pair.com> To: gjh292@263.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to Configure a HP Laserjet Printer to Use Message-ID: <20020528185850.GA50900@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <F60imaDotKRoO1oG0jO00009fd8@hotmail.com> References: <F60imaDotKRoO1oG0jO00009fd8@hotmail.com>
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in message <F60imaDotKRoO1oG0jO00009fd8@hotmail.com>, wrote Jianhong Gao thusly... > > I've just configured a HP Laserjet 5L to my computer running > Freebsd 4.2 ... When I run "lptest > /dev/lpt0", the output is > just a line of characters including something untelligible. After > setupping /etc/printcap(without any filter specified) and > invoking lpd, "lptest | lpr" get the same result. no clue... > When I try to print sth. to it, using "ps | lpr" or "myls > | lpr" or "lpr -r myfile", though the paper is fed in, nothing is > printed. in last case you should have gotten something. was lpd running while you did "ps | lpr"? any errors in lpd error log? this error log file is specified in the printcap. > Is there some special filter I should use to make my HP laserjet > printer work correctly? If so, what's it and where can I get it? assuming hp 5l is a ps (postscript) printer... i too have a ps printer (lexmark optra e310) and i use enscript (available from ports) as the input filter. enscript converts non-ps, non-pcl (, and perhaps non-pdf) files to ps before printing. i happened to see mention of hp 5l laserjet in ghostscript-gnu port; see if that would offer any additional benefit over enscript. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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