Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 08:26:52 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the magical incantation necessary to print to /dev/ulpt0 Message-ID: <15222.33820.72582.176034@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <55215299@toto.iv>
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John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net> types: > I have a DFI AK74-EC motherboard (VIA 686 chipset) and a Lexmark Z51 > printer. I would like to be able to print to the Z51 using /dev/ulpt0. > When connected, my dmesg output indicates that the Z51 is detected and > connected to /dev/ulpt0. However, attempts to print to this port (using > apsfilter, cp some_text_file /dev/ulpt0, etc.) have resulted in no activity > and no apparent transfer of data to the printer. > > So the question comes, what must I say over my computer to make things > print? :) LexMark tends to make cheap winprinters. That lexmark claims the z51 works on "DOS through Windows" instead of "DOS" makes me think you have one. If so, the only hope for making it work is to find a ghostscript driver for your printer. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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