Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2021 21:40:07 +0200 From: Hans Ottevanger <hans@beastielabs.net> To: Jacques Foucry <jacques+freebsd@foucry.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: LPD with issue Message-ID: <f6cac2cd-966f-10db-2c0f-7add6e1d2816@beastielabs.net> In-Reply-To: <YN7Ys/K90kfCJZCP@mithril.foucry.net> References: <YN7Ys/K90kfCJZCP@mithril.foucry.net>
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On 7/2/21 11:13 AM, Jacques Foucry wrote: > Hello folks, > > Last yesr or may be before I ask you about LPD configuration. > > Since a time I can't remember Ƣ have an issue. Before printing the document I > wat there is a page with garbage "jjj aaaa cccc qqq q u u eeee sss". > > This is annoying to use a page for nothing. > > My /etc/printcap: > > > lp:\ > :lp=9100@192.168.1.176:\ > :sh=false:\ > :sb=false:\ > :mx#0:\ > :sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\ > :if=/usr/local/libexec/psif:\ > :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > > lpc status all ✔ > lp: > queuing is enabled > printing is enabled > no entries in spool area > printer idle > > > The printer is a Lexmarks MB2236 > > I made a blog post about how I installed the printer (look at the `lpr` part). > With those instructions the printer worked perfectlly. > I think I have the same configuration, but some thing goes wrong. > > If somebody can https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/printing/#printing-lpdsee where the issue is, I will be happy to discuss with. > > Thanks for reading me. > sb ("short header") and sh ("suppress header") are both booleans that are false by default. They need to be specified without an assignment if you want them to be true. In your case I would skip the sb flag altogether and specify the sh flag as true, like this: :sh: \ See also section 9.5 of the handbook: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/printing/#printing-lpd Kind regards, Hans Ottevanger hans@beastielabs.net www.beastielabs.net
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