Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 21:15:50 -0400 From: "Matt Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: <freeBSD-questions@freebsd.org>, <modelt20@canada.com> Subject: Re: Unable to set up LPD to use a HP Laserjet 5p in freeBSD 5.3 Message-ID: <003301c55434$a4021680$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <20050509004406.27443.fh050.wm@smtp.sc0.cp.net>
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> Hello > > I`m trying to install my HP laserjet 5p on freebsd 5.3. > The printer doesn`t understand postscript. > I`ve read the handbook and installed ghostscript and > lpd. > I changed rc.conf to start lpd for each system boot. > > dmesg printer part looks like this: > > ppbus0: <Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 5P> HP ENHANCED > PCL5,PJL > lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port > ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus > > printcap looks like this: > > lp|HP Laserjet 5P:\ > :sh:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd:\ > :lf=/var/log/lpd:\ > :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ > :if=/etc/lpfilter: > > Whenever I try to print to the printer, I get an error > status on the printer that the owners manual calls a > "Data Error" (two lights on the panel). The 'Go' button > must be pressed repeatedly to get the page to print; > and it doesn't look complete. I've used several of the > lpfilters from the ports collection, but none seems to > work. > > Has anyone set up this printer model to work in freeBSD > 5.3 and can shed some light on what I have done wrong? You should look at the apsfilter port in /usr/ports/print/apsfilter. It contains all the magic needed to get a LaserJet 5p to work properly. It was the only filter that seemed to do the right thing for me. -- Matt Emmerton
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