Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 14:27:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HP500 deskjet and 4.X Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010021425540.26385-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20001002111434.A12622@tao.thought.org>
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On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Gary Kline wrote:
> [...DeskJet 500 not probed...]
>
> I'm not 100% sure of many things, but here is what
> is in my KERNEL file related to the printer port:
>
> # Parallel port
> device ppc0 at isa? irq 7
> device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required)
> device lpt # Printer
> device plip # TCP/IP over parallel
> device ppi # Parallel port interface device
> #device vpo # Requires scbus and da
>
>
> The ppbus code probably can't tell much about
> an old DeskJet--that's my hand-waving SWAG;).
> For now, since I believe the DJ works--it works
> with a simple ASCII file, I haven't tried anything
> fancy-- I'm happy.
My even-more-ancient OfficeJet 350 gets probed (as an OfficeJet
300); therefore, I'd be surprised if your DeskJet does not.
apsfilter is your friend.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (at yourfit.com)
behanna@zbzoom.net
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