Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:50:33 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: printing problems .... Message-ID: <540103B9.4020905@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1408291627530.78665@wonkity.com> References: <5400A209.7030103@hiwaay.net> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1408291627530.78665@wonkity.com>
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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 .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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