From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Apr 27 21:43:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA10304 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:43:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cybertouch.org (cybertouch.org [209.47.145.231]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA10102; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:42:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from beef@cybertouch.org) Received: from localhost (beef@localhost) by cybertouch.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA02056; Tue, 28 Apr 1998 00:41:39 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from beef@cybertouch.org) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 00:41:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Lanny Baron To: "John S. Dyson" cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printing (can't get it right) In-Reply-To: <199804272220.RAA01509@dyson.iquest.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, John S. Dyson wrote: > Lanny Baron said: > > Hi, > > > > I am wondering if anyone else here besides Mr. Lehey (hi Greg) has > > been able to get a printer such as a Canon BJC-4100 to print, legibly. I > > have tried with ghostscript (can't figure that either), with postscript > > (ditto) and have now pulled about 320 hairs out of my head. > > > I am using an HP890 deskjet just fine. I am using the alternative > HP890 driver, with absolutely no suprises. I wonder what is wrong? > I have never used a Canon printer, so I don't know if there might > be a driver selection problem of some kind? Is the printer in > a wierd, non-volatile mode of some sort? Did you print with another > OS, prior to trying to use it on FreeBSD? > > -- > John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, > dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, > jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. > Hello John, To answer your question as to whether or not I have used the printer with another OS. Yes. With NT and 95. Using or trying to use the printer with FreeBSD, only prints a a few words, then a few more words, then a few more. If you get the picture. One problem for sure is I don't know if the printer is ghostscript or postscript (or even what those are :-(. I don't blame FreeBSD (the OS or the marvelous minds attached to FreeBSD), I blame myself for the lack of understanding Unix. At least the printer does print. Which says that I have the right com. And forget about asking Canon. They have no idea. So I am kinda stuck. I would love to be able to print from here. Well, thanks for your response John. Hopefully someone has a similar printer and knows where I am going wrong. Regards, Lanny To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message