From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 12 9:56:46 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from yoda.bmi.net (yoda.bmi.net [204.57.191.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52AA837B40C for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 09:56:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net) Received: from johncoop.MSHOME (drumheller-router.bmi.net [206.63.201.3] (may be forged)) by yoda.bmi.net (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA23392; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 10:23:32 -0700 Received: from johncoop.MSHOME (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by johncoop.MSHOME (8.11.5/8.11.5) with ESMTP id f7CGunG38296; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 09:56:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net) Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 09:56:48 -0700 From: John Merryweather Cooper To: Mike Meyer Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the magical incantation necessary to print to /dev/ulpt0 Message-ID: <20010812095648.Q477@johncoop> References: <55215299@toto.iv> <15222.33820.72582.176034@guru.mired.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <15222.33820.72582.176034@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 06:26:52 -0700 X-Mailer: Balsa 1.1.7 Lines: 32 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 2001.08.12 06:26 Mike Meyer wrote: > John Merryweather Cooper 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 Meyer 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