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Date:      Fri, 13 Feb 1998 11:15:31 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        spork <sporkl@dti.net>
Cc:        fbsdqs <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: HP 722C
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980213111406.1014D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980211160944.4920A-100000@mental>

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On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Spike Gronim wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> 	I have tried both the djet500 and cdj550 as aps drivers. My
> printer responds to boot time probes on lpt0. It works fine via Winbloze.
> I have typed lptcontrol -p as root, to turn on polled printer control as
> the FAQ says. My log file in /var/spool/cdj550-letter-auto-mono/log says:
> [Total: 1 page on 1 sheet]
> It has not reported errors to the lpd-errs file. Printer has not responded
> to anything I have tried to print in the least bit. (BTW, the printer uses
> special two-way parrelell cable)
> Anyone know what is wrong with it?

Data's not getting thru.

Does `lptest >/dev/lpt0; echo '\f'>/dev/lpt0` convince the printer to do
anything, where file is a text file? 

If you get a line of output or two, that is good...

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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