From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 12 12:27:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pioneernet.net (mail.pioneernet.net [207.115.64.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8533F37B403; Sun, 12 May 2002 12:27:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chip3.wiegand.org [66.114.152.128] by pioneernet.net with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.06) id A22D2D1D005C; Sun, 12 May 2002 12:27:41 -0700 Subject: Re: printing question From: Chip Wiegand To: Joshua Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4WGCUSXWOL1XUDCE9MJ06C907HFLIWS.3cdea82b@jolok-dv8zkq2f7> References: <4WGCUSXWOL1XUDCE9MJ06C907HFLIWS.3cdea82b@jolok-dv8zkq2f7> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 Date: 12 May 2002 12:30:53 -0700 Message-Id: <1021231854.2825.5.camel@chip3.wiegand.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 2002-05-12 at 11:36, Joshua wrote: > Hello > > I have a DeskJet 820. FreeBSD finds it alright, but lptest doesn't > produce any output, nor does the spooler send to it. What else > do i need to do? > > tia > > Jolok You might want to run lpc from the command line, it will show you if the queue and printing are enabled and ready. Here's what it looks like on my machine: bash-2.05a$ lpc status all lp: queuing is enabled printing is enabled no entries in spool area printer idle bash-2.05a$ -- Chip > Or maybe someone can tell me where to find more docs on > printing with FreeBSD. I have covered the handbook chapter, as > well as the man pages for lpr, lptest, lpd. Please help. > > Jolok man lpc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message