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Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP: DEClasser printing
To: tianlin@iguana.ruralnet.net
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 21:12:11 +0100 (MET)
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In-Reply-To: <199510310925.CAA01099@localhost> from "Tianlin WANG" at Oct 31, 95 02:25:49 am
From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
Reply-To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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> 
> Recently, I purchased DEClasser 5100 printer. I hooked it up through
> parallele port to my Pentium 100 with FreeBSD 2.1.0-950726-SNAP and
> DOS installed. I set postscript as the default mode. Under DOS,
> the printer works fine. This indicates that printer itself and
> interface cable connection have no problem. Under BSD, however,
> I cannot get postscript file out to printer. The problem is that
> when I send a postscript file usng lpr try.ps, the computer send a
> signal to printer that READY button in priter is brinking and
>  waiting. However, lpd never sends the queued job to the priter.
> I notice lpd is running and I can use lpc successfully.
> 
>    I would really appreciate any hints. I have already spent
> two days on this problem with no solution. The following is my
> printcap and the like
> 
> #       @(#)printcap    5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90
> 
> lp|local DEClasser 5100:\
>         :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:

add a     :mx#0:   (this does not cure your problem but it's a measure
you will need anyway).

Do you have any diagnosis messages in /var/log/lpd-errs?

Can you send plain text to the printer?


> 
> 
> 
> /usr/bin ll lp*
> -r-xr-xr-x  1 bin   bin      3022 Jul 27 03:50 lp
> -r-sr-sr-x  1 root  daemon  16384 Jul 27 03:50 lpq
> -r-sr-sr-x  1 root  daemon  20480 Jul 27 03:50 lpr
> -r-sr-sr-x  1 root  daemon  16384 Jul 27 03:50 lprm
> 
> 
> /usr/sbin ll lpd
> -r-xr-xr-x  1 bin  bin  40960 Jul 27 03:50 lpd
> 
> 
> 
> /dev ll lp*
> crw-------  1 root  wheel   16, 128 Aug  8 19:46 lpctl0
> crw-------  1 root  wheel   16, 129 Aug  8 19:46 lpctl1
> crw-------  1 root  wheel   16, 130 Aug  8 19:46 lpctl2
> crw-------  1 root  wheel   16,   0 Oct 30 11:57 lpt0
> crw-------  1 root  wheel   16,   1 Aug  8 19:46 lpt1
> crw-------  1 root  wheel   16,   2 Aug  8 19:46 lpt2
> 
> 
> Best Regards
> Tianlin Wang
> Newsham Hybrids (USA) Inc.       E-mail  tianlin@iguana.ruralnet.net
> P.O. Box 316                     Phone   (719) 829-4730 (office) 
> Wiley, CO 81092                  Fax     (719) 829-4620 (office) 
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de