From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 1 13:44:21 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDBB637B401 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 13:44:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from mired.org (ip68-97-54-220.ok.ok.cox.net [68.97.54.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 11A0643F75 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 13:44:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwm-dated-1049665458.48c91d@mired.org) Received: (qmail 58929 invoked from network); 1 Apr 2003 21:44:19 -0000 Received: from localhost.mired.org (HELO guru.mired.org) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.mired.org with SMTP; 1 Apr 2003 21:44:19 -0000 Received: by guru.mired.org (tmda-inject, from uid 100); Tue, 01 Apr 2003 15:44:18 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16010.2097.767016.914575@guru.mired.org> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 15:44:17 -0600 To: Konrad Scorciapino In-Reply-To: <200304011736.50814.fallenbr@uol.com.br> References: <200303311816.24823.fallenbr@uol.com.br> <16008.60303.465019.325072@guru.mired.org> <200304011736.50814.fallenbr@uol.com.br> X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`; h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ From: Mike Meyer X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/0.73 (Jet Pilot) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Printer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 21:44:22 -0000 In <200304011736.50814.fallenbr@uol.com.br>, Konrad Scorciapino typed: > > What did you try sending to /dev/ulpt0 that caused things to lock up? > Anything I tried caused the system to lock up. Here are some examples > konrad@localhost /home/konrad # lptest > /dev/ulpt0 > konrad@localhost /home/konrad # ls > /dev/ulpt0 > konrad@localhost /home/konrad # cat /etc/cvsupfile > /dev/ulpt0 > > > And how do I know whether my printer is a winprinter or not? > > The standard way is by sending it flat ascii text, and seeing if it > > prints that. If it prints the text you sent, it's not a winprinter. If > > it does nothing, or prints gibberish, it's probably a winprinter. > So it means that my printer is a winprinter? Ok, I misinterpreted "system locked up" to mean your FreeBSD system froze. From the looks of things, that's not the case - the sending program just locks up. It's probably a winprinter. You can use those on FreeBSD if there's a driver for it for ghostscript. The ijs driver should support the 656C. From there, you can either install apsfilter - which will install an a2ps port to print ascii, or install magicfilter and then use your favorite ascii to postscript printing tool to print straight text. I prefer enscript for that. Either one will detect various graphics formats and automatically translate them to postscript to be printed via ghostscript. http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.