From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 4 11: 7:18 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-26-235-186.mmcable.com [65.26.235.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 158DB37B71A for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 11:07:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwm@mired.org) Received: (qmail 23491 invoked by uid 100); 4 Mar 2001 19:07:09 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15010.37469.843177.759953@guru.mired.org> Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 13:07:09 -0600 To: Anne-Sophie Hombert Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LaserJet 6L w/ FreeBSD 4.2 In-Reply-To: <103284153@toto.iv> X-Mailer: VM 6.89 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Anne-Sophie Hombert types: > Hi, > > I seem to have incredible trouble setting up my HP 6L to print under FreeBSD > 4.2. > > I followed the instructions in the handbook. Everything works fine ... except > that when I try to print I get white pages or funny output. > > I then decided to install aspfilter. The result is the same: white pages or > funny stuff. > > Any ideas? Well, you might try installing magicfilter and using the ljet4l-filter. The ljet4m-filter works fine on both the 5m and 5mp. On the other hand, you might also tell us what happens if you try printing flat ascii via the device, instead of using lpr. Likewise, trying to render some postscript through ghostscript and sending the output to the device might be interesting. http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message