Date: Wed, 18 Oct 95 11:10:05 -0400 From: Craig Huckabee <huck@slartibartfast.nosc.mil> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing Problems Message-ID: <9510181510.AA02974@slartibartfast.nosc.mil> References: <n1398116404.41601@denitqm.ecte.uswc.uswest.com>
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It would be nice if the handbook included the FAQ about filters and
remote printers. For example, printing to a printer such as an
HPIIIsi that uses a JetDirect card. Because text filters (if=)
entries in printcap files are ignored for remote printers, and
because ethernet interface cards such as the JetDirect do not offer
filter capabilities, you have to install a fake printer on your
machine that acts as a local printer (one with something like
lp=/dev/null) and that has a filter script that passes off the
filter output to the real remote printer.
I beat my head against the wall when I first installed FreeBSD
until I found some reference to the above fix in the news archives
(wasn't easy to find).
Shouldn't this at least be part of the FAQ?
--Craig
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Date: 18 Oct 1995 08:46:44 -0600
From: "Owen Newnan" <onewnan@151.116.108.5.ecte.uswc.uswest.com>
Subject: Re: Printing Problems
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RE>Printing Problems
10/18/95
If you have a web browser, check out the FreeBSD Handbook @
<http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/handbook.html
specifically, the brand new printer section. Sean Kelly has done a
superb job
of documentation which includes numerous LaserJet examples including
PostScript, raster and xroff...
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Date: 10/13/95 9:19 PM
To: Owen Newnan
From: Basket Case
Hi --
Ive been unable to setup my printer correctly (HP LaserJet 4L) as the
only thing that comes out are blank pages. What am I doing wrong? My
printcap entry is:
lp|HP LaserJet 4L:\
:lp=/dev/lpt0:\
:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\
:mx#0:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:sh=true:
Jon
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