From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 27 12: 5:31 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chen.org.nz (adsl-210.54.19.51.quicksilver.net.nz [210.54.19.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71D0137B41D for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:05:16 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by chen.org.nz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g2RK5Dw95175; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 08:05:13 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 08:05:13 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Paul Fraser Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printer Configuration Message-ID: <20020328080513.B94522@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <20020327202810.O1061-100000@neptune.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020327202810.O1061-100000@neptune.localdomain>; from pjfraser@bigpond.net.au on Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 08:31:55PM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 08:31:55PM +1000, Paul Fraser wrote: > This probably isn't the right place to ask this.. but here goes :) > > I've installed FreeBSD 4.5 on my PC, and I'm trying to get my printer (HP > DeskJet 810C connected via /dev/lpt0) working. > > I've managed to get the devices installed (after recompiling the kernel, > etc) and I can do lptest > /dev/lpt0, but when I do this, there is one > continuous line of text that goes across the first page, then the printer > prints 4 more blank pages. It then forces me to press Line Feed to eject > the last page. What you're seeing here is the common staircase problem. If you want to print text files, you have to run the input thru' a filter which adds the Carriage-Return to the end-of-line. [...] > One other thing I should mention... When I print from a webpage with > Konqueror within KDE (Or, any KDE application), it prints what looks like > the start of a Postscript file, and stairsteps the first few lines, then > prints out more blank pages. As you may have surmised, most WebBrowsers (and other free UNIX applications) print Postscript. You need a Postscript to Deskjet converter. There are various ways to accomodate both your requirements, but I'd suggest the port: ports/print/apsfilter. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Irrationality is the square root of all evil" - Douglas Hofstadter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message