From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 8 23:32:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D131106566C for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 23:32:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pprocacci@datapipe.com) Received: from fmailhost04.isp.att.net (fmailhost04.isp.att.net [207.115.11.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88C7A8FC1B for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 23:32:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pprocacci@datapipe.com) Received: from [10.5.21.122] (adsl-241-161-249.bna.bellsouth.net[74.241.161.249]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc04) with ESMTP id <20080308233240H0400a1fqte>; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 23:32:40 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [74.241.161.249] Message-ID: <47D3220B.9070806@datapipe.com> Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:32:27 -0600 From: "Paul A. Procacci" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bob Falanga References: <58d1e8d30803081338m6714abe1x53aecde242af95d8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <58d1e8d30803081338m6714abe1x53aecde242af95d8@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: What is a EOF or NL X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:32:41 -0000 Bob Falanga wrote: > I have been a long time trying to print anything on freebsd, as some know. > Everything seems to be working new but nothing is printed. Today I reboot > the computer and behold a page printed. This implied to me that the printer > never receives a New Line or EOF or whatever the printer requires to proceed > printing what it has just received. > My question is where do I configure an option to print. Sounds like to me your print daemon wasn't running. The reboot started it automagically, and henceforth started the job. As for configuration this depends entirely on the daemon you are using.