From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 2 21:11:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-out1.bellatlantic.net (smtp-out1.bellatlantic.net [199.45.39.156]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A849937C12B for ; Tue, 2 May 2000 21:11:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glbj@bellatlantic.net) Received: from morningstar.bomgardner.net (adsl-151-204-66-12.bellatlantic.net [151.204.66.12]) by smtp-out1.bellatlantic.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id AAA27781 for ; Wed, 3 May 2000 00:11:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200005030411.AAA27781@smtp-out1.bellatlantic.net> From: "Gene Bomgardner" To: freeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 00:11:18 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: BJC-5000 printer In-reply-to: <20000502124619.A97150@comp04.prc.uic.edu> References: <200005021419.KAA11509@smtp-out2.bellatlantic.net>; from glbj@bellatlantic.net on Tue, May 02, 2000 at 10:19:31AM -0400 X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.11) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Is anyone successfully using a Cannon [sic] BJC-5000 printer? It > > appears the [sic] sending this printer simple ascii doesn't work. I > > figure a custom driver of some kind is needed. Anyone have any info? > > There most probably are people successfully using the printer you're > talking about, but no one can help unless you send more specific > information about the problem you're having. What exactly is the > problem (e.g. "staircasing" text)? What have you done to try and fix > it? The handbook (file:/usr/share/doc/handbook/index.html) chapter 7 > covers some common setup questions, also. > The problem is it does nothing when ascii text is sent to it. This occurs not only in FreeBSD but Dos and windows as well. Where your average printer (I use a Citizen 200GX) will print the ascii text it receives, the BJC5000 will not. It appears that data to the BJC5000 needs to be massaged by way of software drivers into a form it understands. What that form is I have no idea, and Cannon's literature ain't talkin'. So I'm wondering if anyone has had any success finding or creating a driver, or if anyone knows anything about just what this printer is expecting as input. Gene To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message