From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 31 16:01:28 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id QAA08310 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 31 May 1995 16:01:28 -0700 Received: from kryten.atinc.com (kryten.atinc.com [198.138.38.7]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA08304 for ; Wed, 31 May 1995 16:01:24 -0700 Received: (jmb@localhost) by kryten.atinc.com (8.6.9/8.3) id SAA17447; Wed, 31 May 1995 18:50:47 -0400 Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 18:50:46 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Subject: Re: Printcaps for HP laserjects To: Sean Kelly cc: deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org, questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <9505312248.AA15047@yarmouth.fsl.noaa.gov> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 31 May 1995, Sean Kelly wrote: > >>>>> "Jonathan" == Jonathan M Bresler writes: > > Jonathan> lp|woc4SiMx:\ > Jonathan> :lp=:rm=woc4SiMx:rp=raw:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:sd=/var/spool/lpd: > > Oh, great ... an entry for a REMOTE printer ... how about the printcap > on the system to which the printer is attached? oops! sorry, didnt even occur to me that you might be using a local printer rather than a remote. try this one, the printer is an hp laser 4m with postscript (have to check the face plate at work--postscript for sure.) lp|local line printer:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:sb:sh:mx#0: jmb note: only lp: and rm: HAVE to be changed. lp: local device, rm: remote device try a small postscript doc first, just in case it blows the postscript onto the paper rather than executing it. Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346