Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 15:40:23 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org> To: hoek@FreeBSD.org Cc: geza@huygens.uvt.ro, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/12080: printing Message-ID: <199908222040.PAA13123@mpp.pro-ns.net> In-Reply-To: <199908222005.NAA77577@freefall.freebsd.org> from "hoek@FreeBSD.org" at "Aug 22, 1999 01:05:27 pm"
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> Synopsis: printing > State-Changed-From-To: open->closed > State-Changed-Why: > It sounds like your printer needs to be switched into a special mode > to print plain text. > > [For any onlookers, this is a Lexmark 1000]. > > Try booting into DOS/Windows and do this, > > copy con prn > > And tye in some simple sentences. If your printer works as expected > when you do that, then I'll need to reopen this PR. However, I > believe you will find that you have the same problem when you use > the above command. You should read your printer manual, search the > Internet for info on the Lexmark 1000, and possibly contact Lexmark > and ask them how to change the mode your printer is in. Lexmark printers need special drivers to allow them to print. Someone out in Linux land has a ghostscript driver that supports some Lexmark 7000, 5000 and 3000 series printers by reverse engineering the Windows drivers. He has plans to support the 1100 eventually, but hasn't had the time to do it yet. From what I've read, Lexmark doesn't want to give out any of the information you need to make these printers work on non-Windows systems. This really sucks, since the Lexmark 1000 series printers claim to speak PCL5, which they might once you send the correct codes to the printer to make it do anything, but they won't take straight PCL5. -Mike -- Mike Pritchard mpp@FreeBSD.ORG or mpp@mpp.pro-ns.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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