From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 11 18:59:18 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 D672837B405 for ; Sat, 11 Aug 2001 18:59:15 -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 TAA00844 for ; Sat, 11 Aug 2001 19:26:08 -0700 Received: from johncoop.MSHOME (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by johncoop.MSHOME (8.11.5/8.11.5) with ESMTP id f7C1xQZ11837 for ; Sat, 11 Aug 2001 18:59:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net) Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 18:59:20 -0700 From: John Merryweather Cooper To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: What is the magical incantation necessary to print to /dev/ulpt0 Message-ID: <20010811185920.M477@johncoop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Balsa 1.1.7 Lines: 11 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 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? :) jmc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message