From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 24 5: 6:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-1.core.com (mx1.core.com [208.40.40.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83A6437BADD for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 05:06:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rpd@core.com) Received: from core.com ([209.81.211.193]) by smtp-1.core.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id FQFPNE00.BDU; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 06:35:38 -0600 From: Rob To: Peter Schwenk Subject: Re: Apsfilter (or is it ghostscript?) doesn't print correctly...Help! Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 07:33:18 +0000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.28] Content-Type: text/plain Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00022407365900.00432@core.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message