Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 07:33:18 +0000 From: Rob <rpd@core.com> To: Peter Schwenk <schwenk@math.udel.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Apsfilter (or is it ghostscript?) doesn't print correctly...Help! Message-ID: <00022407365900.00432@core.com>
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 15:53:35 Peter Schwenk wrote:
> Ah, sounds like the classic "parallel port garbling because of the 'net'
> parameter in the GENERIC config file" problem. Have you rebuilt your kernel
> and modified the
>
> 'device ppc0 at isa? port? flags 0x40 net irq 7'
>
> config file line to read
>
> 'device ppc0 at isa? port? flags 0x40 tty irq 7'?
>
> (note the 'tty' replacing 'net')
>
> If not, give it a whirl. That seems to be a common problem. It's been
> discussed a lot in the mailing list.
>
Well, that worked like a charm. I see the mailing lists are
operational again, too. Thanks.
-Rob
> Rob wrote:
>
> > Hello FreeBSD-questions readers,
> >
> > I am having a hell of a time getting my print system up and running.
> > I installed the `apsfilter' port (and all of the ports it slurps up,
> > including teTeX, ghostscript, and others) on my personal home system:
> > FreeBSD 3.3 with an NEC SuperScript 860 running under 300x300 dpi, PCL4,
> > LaserJet IIP compatability mode. (I am using apsfilter-5.1.4.)
> > If I print a raw text file > /dev/lpt0 (or `lpr -Praw'), the
> > file is printed correctly. However, once I use `apsfilter' -- for
> > example:
> >
> > $ lpr man.ps
> >
> > -- only a quarter page (at most) is printed correctly, then I get ASCII
> > garble, and the rest of the file is not printed. I then have to `lprm'
> > the file and shut down the printer so it doesn't keep spewing blank pages.
> > I have used both ghostscript-5.50 and ghostscript-5.10, and both
> > render perfectly fine in x11 viewing software.
> > In the past, I have used this same printer on FreeBSD (Both 2.2.7 and
> > 3.x) with no problem. But after having the printer in storage for a few
> > months, I thought I would reinstall everything, and it has been a mess.
> > The printer itself seems okay, and the printer's internal settings
> > page prints fine when I press the manual printer settings button.
> > Incidentally, I experimented with `dvilj2p' -- a separate program
> > provided in the texmf package -- which directly translates *.dvi files
> > to LaserJet IIP format. With `lpr -Praw file.lj', I get something that
> > works much better, but it doesn't print lowercase `a' for some reason,
> > and sometimes individual letters are sprinkled randomly on the page.
> > What's going on here?
> >
> > -Rob
> >
> --
> PETER SCHWENK | UNIX System
Administrator
> Department of Mathematical Sciences | University of Delaware
> schwenk@math.udel.edu | (302)831-0437
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