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Date:      Sun, 3 Jun 2012 18:24:20 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        freebsd@dreamchaser.org, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds
Message-ID:  <20120603182420.cc5cd5e6.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206031014230.92177@wonkity.com>
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On Sun, 3 Jun 2012 10:17:28 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Jun 2012, Polytropon wrote:
> 
> > By the way, have you tried using your filter directly for testing?
> > As mentioned before, prepare a printable PS file, then do:
> >
> > 	# cat test.ps | /var/spool/lpd/hp8500/diff.2 | nc 123.45.67.890
> >
> > Note: nc is from port "nc" (netcat). It will send it directly to
> > the IP address, which will normally be done by lpr, but just for
> > diagnostics, always work with the smallest possible variables. :-)
> 
> nc(1) is also in the base system as /usr/bin/nc.

Damn, you're right! Maybe that is because of netcat hasn't always
been part of the OS? I talked about it as something so common
that I didn't even mention it. :-)




-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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