From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 14 16:18:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA01813 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 16:18:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ds9.dreamhaven.org (dt091n3e.san.rr.com [204.210.47.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA01808 for ; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 16:18:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from data@dreamhaven.net) Received: (qmail 27860 invoked by uid 1010); 15 Nov 1998 00:18:18 -0000 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 16:18:18 -0800 (PST) From: Bryce Newall X-Sender: data@ds9.dreamhaven.org To: Aaron Parmelee cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: trying to set up printing In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981114164459.009af530@net66.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 14 Nov 1998, Aaron Parmelee wrote: > i have a HP DeskJet 712c printer connected to port LPT1(i assume this is > a parallel port, let me know if i am wrong). Yes, you are correct -- LPT1 is a parallel port. > however, i cannot get it to print. i have been following > the freebsd handbook on printing, using lptest, etc, but i can't get > anything to go. does anyone know if this printer can print plain text, post How did you set up /etc/printcap? Without any fancy filtering or anything, you should still be at least able to print basic text. What command are you using to print it? "lpr" ? And if so, if you run "lpq", does it show a print job in your queue? I think your problem is probably with your printcap file, so if you can show me what that looks like, it'll be helpful. (I just went through a printing battle myself, so I'm relatively well-versed now. :> ) ********************************************************************** * Bryce Newall * Email: data@dreamhaven.net * * WWW: http://home.dreamhaven.net/~data * * "Insanity takes its toll. Please have exact change." * ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message