Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 10:29:59 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Shpak <s_ain_t@yahoo.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE + HP DeskJet 820cxi problem Message-ID: <20010217182959.13246.qmail@web124.yahoomail.com> In-Reply-To: <200102161943.f1GJhUL00698@ptavv.es.net>
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ok, i tried to force the printer to print something as you advised. However, it is still silent. Once again i set up apsfilter. It does not print the test page at all. When i tried cat blah.txt | /dev/lpt0 i got an error saying: Premission denied. Though i was using the root account. can you help? PS. the printer is recognised by bsd i checked dmesg and found the following: ppbus0: <HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 820C> SCP, VLINK can you tell me what that the last two things mean (SPC and VLINK)? the above line is followed by: lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 ppi0: <Parallel I/0> on ppbus0 thanks for your time. Peter --- Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> wrote: > > From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> > > Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 05:47:52 -0600 > > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > Peter Shpak <s_ain_t@yahoo.com> types: > > > hello. > > > i have an HP DeskJet 820Cxi (a win printer) and > i am > > > running 4.2 Stable. I have configured apsfilter, > but > > > it does not print the test page. the printer is > > > recognized during bootup. dmesg points out that > it is > > > connected on ppbus0. But sending text files to > > > > Since it's a win printer, you may be out of luck, > just like win > > modems. > > > > However, all apsfilter does is arrange to turn > things into postscript, > > then send them through ghostscript telling it to > render for your > > printer, and send the results of *that* to the > printer. If ghostscript > > doesn't recognize your printer, you're going to > have problems getting > > much beyond flat text to print. apsfilter should > have used the list of > > devices from gs to generate a list of printers for > you to check > > from. Did you find your printer, or one you knew > it was compatible > > with? If so, you might try using lpr to get the > ghostscript printer > > driver working. > > Just to avoid confusion, the 820cxi is NOT a > winprinter. It uses PCL3 > and is supported with the hpdj add-on to > GhostScript. apsfilter has it > in its device list. > > Also, when you copy a file to the device, don't > forget to put a <FF> on > the end. (Brute force of 'cat - /dev/lpt0' followed > by Ctrl-L and > Ctrl-D will work.) Don't expect anything readable as > there will be no > returns in the output, but it should print > something. > > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory > (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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