From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 30 21:33:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from raven.mail.pas.earthlink.net (raven.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0AB037B401 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 21:33:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from pool0718.cvx11-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.178.190.208] helo=there) by raven.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 15yo0C-0000kt-00; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 21:33:25 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" From: Gunnar H Reichert-Weygold Organization: The Pagan Library To: ico66@nextra.sk, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: filter for HP LJ 6l Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 22:27:32 -0800 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3] References: <1004420254.3bde3c9e7a155@webmail1.nextra.sk> In-Reply-To: <1004420254.3bde3c9e7a155@webmail1.nextra.sk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: 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 I simply setup Apsfilter with the ljet4dith driver. Works nicely with my=20 LaserJet 6LSE. On Monday 29 October 2001 21:37, ico66@nextra.sk wrote: > I need to print and i need it desperately ;-). > Until now I never cared about how to set up printer, Linux used to have > some GUI tools for this. But now i'm in FreeBSD4.3 and looking for help= =2E > Already read handbook and 'Corporate Networkers Guide', but... it's abo= ut > ps printers or line printers. > What's already done: > *in MYKERNEL is: > ---snip--- > # Parallel port > device ppc0 at isa? irq 7 > device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required) > device lpt # Printer > #device plip # TCP/IP over parallel > device ppi # Parallel port interface device > #device lpt0 at isa? port? tty irq 7 vector lptintr > ---/snip--- > -last line is commented, config says there is an error, but it's pasted > from handbook(so i'm in polled mode now and i even don't know, what doe= s it > mean ;-) > > *printer is working on lpt0 ( lptest | lpr ) > */etc/rc.conf contains lpd_enable=3D"YES" > *simple text if in /etc/printcap > Dmesg says: > ---snip--- > ppc0: at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 > ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode > ppbus0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE > Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0: > ppbus0: PRINTER HP ENHANCED > PCL5,PJL lpt0: on ppbus0 > lpt0: Polled port > ppi0: on ppbus0 > ----/snip--- > > What i'm looking for is printing mainly *.pdf, *.ps files. In "gv" doc = i > can't find my "sDEVICE". If somebody is using this kind of printer, i'd > like to see his /etc/printcap, please. > > Few questions: > what's difference between interrupt-driven mode and polled mode? > Why running: > # lptcontrol -i > or > # lptcontrol -p > says: > lptcontrol: ioctl: Operation not supported --=20 Don't give me that "kinkier than thou" attitude. Above address is an autoresponder! Correct email address: patron1 at paganlibrary dot com Gunnar H Reichert-Weygold http://www.paganlibrary.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message