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Date:      Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:18:51 -0700
From:      Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez <mapsware@prodigy.net.mx>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Printing to a Lanier LD160c does not work
Message-ID:  <200810222318.51241.mapsware@prodigy.net.mx>
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El Mar 21 Oct 2008, ajphanks@comcast.net escribió:
>
> I took your block above and replaced my block in the printcap, then sent
> the exact command above with the same failure. The queue is drained and the
> printer's log has a generic message "The job was reset." message. 
>
> My current printcap file.
>
> admincolor:\
>         :lp=:\
>         :sh:\
>         :mx#0:\
>         :rm=admincolor:\
>         :rp=lp:\
>         :sd=/var/spool/output/admincolor:\
>         :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
>

it sounds like LPD is working OK (send the job to the printer), the problem is 
the print job (the language PS/PCL) or in the printer (no configured).

how do you configure this printer in windows (LPR port)?

can you print to a file in windows, bring that file to FreeBSD and send it 
with lpr -P admincolor FileInWindows.bin

did you check the next URL?
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Lanier-LD160c

maps



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