Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 15:44:17 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1049665458.48c91d@mired.org> To: Konrad Scorciapino <fallenbr@uol.com.br> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Printer Message-ID: <16010.2097.767016.914575@guru.mired.org> 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>
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In <200304011736.50814.fallenbr@uol.com.br>, Konrad Scorciapino <fallenbr@uol.com.br> 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. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.
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