From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 30 07:03:26 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 39C3425F for ; Sat, 30 Aug 2014 07:03:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pa0-x230.google.com (mail-pa0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c03::230]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 127401594 for ; Sat, 30 Aug 2014 07:03:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f48.google.com with SMTP id ey11so8016254pad.7 for ; Sat, 30 Aug 2014 00:03:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=z9LOvFo8iXiMKoX+NIgNRjVwSJp0yKhd/HQyT8tIiuk=; b=o5o6XvZv9z+Vcx/F1Rmk2CqGAIarn7MY1iSPGcMr6FJ+TXb73C3ba0ER//ogfYeVJ5 Tp+vsscKnRHfsf5fctrRIGZuJvy3puzjPsmW8m/0g7re4Z/sg0r4Lg7BJkUeuh2z+bNT OvdxY6OE+5Ber8orbEcR8OEDMPcMgnc0y6+mchbbu9IMvc5cAvsOfnScMK8SfPTeXzVO o/Yz37O0SpvqFSWk3Awe1EOjG6Z96GBD1qaa/fCSHfR20m6+s3ui/ES38XMA9eOt8esd ZIECYvxZ86p573HHbDzroEGZ7P3Rwwi/4k3V/S1xbwqw0bK3Q526x4+fXfR7Kg3h8JVl lNiw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.70.41.136 with SMTP id f8mr21984926pdl.46.1409382205436; Sat, 30 Aug 2014 00:03:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.78.135 with HTTP; Sat, 30 Aug 2014 00:03:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <540103B9.4020905@hiwaay.net> References: <5400A209.7030103@hiwaay.net> <540103B9.4020905@hiwaay.net> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 09:03:25 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: printing problems .... From: Zsolt Udvari To: "William A. Mahaffey III" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 07:03:26 -0000 Maybe you'll need a filter, like in my case, see [1]. Zsolt [1] http://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=47147&p=263381&hilit=ml2010#p263580 2014-08-30 0:50 GMT+02:00 William A. Mahaffey III : > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"