Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 09:56:48 -0700 From: John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the magical incantation necessary to print to /dev/ulpt0 Message-ID: <20010812095648.Q477@johncoop> In-Reply-To: <15222.33820.72582.176034@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 06:26:52 -0700 References: <55215299@toto.iv> <15222.33820.72582.176034@guru.mired.org>
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On 2001.08.12 06:26 Mike Meyer wrote: > John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net> types: > > I have a DFI AK74-EC motherboard (VIA 686 chipset) and a Lexmark Z51 > > printer. I would like to be able to print to the Z51 using /dev/ulpt0. > > > When connected, my dmesg output indicates that the Z51 is detected and > > connected to /dev/ulpt0. However, attempts to print to this port > (using > > apsfilter, cp some_text_file /dev/ulpt0, etc.) have resulted in no > activity > > and no apparent transfer of data to the printer. > > > > So the question comes, what must I say over my computer to make things > > print? :) > > LexMark tends to make cheap winprinters. That lexmark claims the z51 > works on "DOS through Windows" instead of "DOS" makes me think you > have one. If so, the only hope for making it work is to find a > ghostscript driver for your printer. > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more > information. > No, I can confirm that the Z51 is not a "WinPrinter"--this same printer works great hooked up through USB to an OS/2 machine. I'm almost positive that no data is reaching the printer. jmc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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