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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: Livhu Tshisikule <livhu.tshisikule@telkomsa.net>
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Subject: Re: Setting up Olivetti Job-Jet M400 printer on FBSD 5.2.1
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On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Livhu Tshisikule wrote:

> I am trying to install a printer on my machine. It has a USB connector. With
> dmesg I can see that the printer has been detected as
>
> ulpt0: Olivetti Job_Jet M400, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2, iclass 7/1
> ulpt0: using bi-directional mode
>
> How can I test the printer?
>
> I tried lptest but it printed garbages.

According to the Olivetti UK web page

http://www.olivettitecnost.co.uk

the M400 understands PCL3.  Find a sample PostScript document and try 
rendering it with GhostScript and sending to the printer:

gs -sDEVICE=pcl3 myfile.ps > /dev/ulpt0

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA