Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 10:09:49 -0700 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) To: tianlin@iguana.ruralnet.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP: DEClasser printing Message-ID: <9510311709.AA28199@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <199510310925.CAA01099@localhost> (message from Tianlin WANG on Tue, 31 Oct 1995 02:25:49 -0700)
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>>>>> "Tianlin" == Tianlin WANG <tianlin@iguana.ruralnet.net> writes:
Tianlin> I set postscript as the default mode. Under DOS, the
Tianlin> printer works fine. This indicates that printer itself
Tianlin> and interface cable connection have no problem.
Not necessarily. You might have to choose between polled and
interrupt-driven mode in the lpt driver.
Tianlin> Under BSD, however, I cannot get postscript file out to
Tianlin> printer. The problem is that when I send a postscript
Tianlin> file usng lpr try.ps, the computer send a signal to
Tianlin> printer that READY button in priter is brinking and
Tianlin> waiting.
Try sending PostScript directly to the printer device /dev/lpt0:
cat whatever.ps > /dev/lpt0
If that works, then we can try to debug lpd. If it doesn't then try
changing IO mode of the lpt driver:
lptcontrol -p -u0
to switch to polled mode, or:
lptcontrol -i -u0
to switch to interrupt-driven mode.
If it works in one mode but not the other, then make the change
permanent. See http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook97.html#152
for more information.
Now, your /etc/printcap:
Tianlin> lp|local DEClasser 5100:\
Tianlin> :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
This is going to send header pages, which aren't valid PostScript.
Add a :sh: to that:
lp|local DEClaser 5100:\
:sh:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA
I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks
he can get me five. -- Steven Wright
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