From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 16 07:02:00 2004 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 D422516A4D0 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 07:02:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay15-f10.bay15.hotmail.com [65.54.185.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9FD443D2F for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 07:02:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdagee@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 23:02:00 -0800 Received: from 208.8.78.198 by by15fd.bay15.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 07:01:33 GMT X-Originating-IP: [208.8.78.198] X-Originating-Email: [kdagee@hotmail.com] X-Sender: kdagee@hotmail.com From: "Karl Agee" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 23:01:33 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Nov 2004 07:02:00.0563 (UTC) FILETIME=[2B5D4C30:01C4CBAA] Subject: Parallel Port Printing Blues 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, 16 Nov 2004 07:02:00 -0000 I have a Freebsd 4.10-stable system that I am having problems getting parallel port printing to work on. The printer is an old HP DeskJet 820C Winprinter http://linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-DeskJet_820C that works well on the same box in Linux-Mandrake 10.0 Official. I have cups installed and running, have the ppd file from linuxprinting.org and can get onto the cups admin interface ok. I have configured the printer using both cups and apsfilter. and have gone through the printing section of the handbook, and Dru's recent article on unix printing on Onlamp.com. I've also searched and searched google and this mailing list, havent found anything yet. Also read Mike Lucas' article on apsfilter. The kernel detects the port and the printer fine. dmesg shows: ppc0: at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/15 bytes threshold ppbus0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE/ECP Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0: ppbus0: SCP,VLINK I've set the perms on the lpt0 to: crw-r-xr-x 1 root wheel 16, 0 Nov 15 21:27 /dev/lpt0 When printing a cups test page, nothing happens, meaning, no printing occurs. Cups shows the job "aborted". the cups logs show nothing. When printing an apsfilter test page, the system crashes, meaning, it freezes solid. I have to do a hard reboot. when I try running # lptest > dev/lpt0, nothing happens from the printer. I get no error messages. I've run out of ideas, other than replacing this (perfectly useable) boat anchor. --karl _________________________________________________________________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement