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On 08/29/14 17:36, Warren Block wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2014, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I am trying to get printing working under FBSD 9.3. I cribbed 
>> printcap info from 
>> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing.html#printing-quick-start 
>> & tried it out:
>>
>>
>> [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:48:04am] 458 %  service lpd status
>> lpd is running as pid 27062.
>> [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:48:06am] 459 %  printf "From jaguar:\n1. This 
>> printer can print.\n2. This is the second line.\n" | lpr
>> [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:48:36am] 460 %  lpq
>> no entries
>> [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:48:38am] 461 %  (tail printcap )
>> # :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
>> #
>> # ... following cribbed from Athlon-cube, FC14 ;-) ....
>> #
>> # printer|Xerox Phaser 6130N:rm=jaguar.cfd.com:rp=printer:
>> # Cups-PDF|Cups-PDF:rm=jaguar.cfd.com:rp=Cups-PDF:
>> #
>> # ... following cribbed from online FBSD LP docs ....
>> #
>> lp:lp=:rm=printer:rp=raw:sh:mx#0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: 
>>
>
> "raw" is an HP standard queue name.  The manual for the Xerox 6130N 
> says (for Mac setup) to leave the queue name blank.
>


Tried that, still nogo .... I eventually got enscript installed, that 
will allow me to print ASCII files by converting them to .ps on the fly 
.... That's good enough for now .... Thx ....


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