Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 17:10:55 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printing to Win95 DeskJet Message-ID: <3894E11F.C945D1AC@3-cities.com> References: <00013018283101.05726@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain>
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Walter Brameld wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> I'm about at the burnout stage here. I can't figure out how to
> get my printer working. I'm trying to access a HP DeskJet 895 cxi on
> a Win95 box. I've installed Samba, LPRng, GhostScript, you-name-it.
> I've read until I've gone cross-eyed and still can't get the danged
> thing to work! Let me clarify that, I can print text files. Only
> problem with that is I have to manually eject the last page of the
> file. This at least indicates I am communicating with the printer.
You need something like this
/etc/printcap
<
lp|HPLJ2:\
:lp=:\
:rm=psrvr:\
:rp=L1:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lj.sh:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd:\
:mx#0
>
/var/spool/lpd/lj/sh
<
#!/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/bin:/bin; export PATH
cat
printf "\f"
exit
>
I haven't done anything on postscript.
Kent
>
> What I'd really like to get working is Postscript file conversion.
> If anyone has a similar setup working please get in touch with me and
> give me a few pointers. Apparently I'm not bright enough to figure
> this out on my own.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> Walter
>
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