From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 29 9:51:16 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta07-svc.ntlworld.com (mta07-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B132A37B427 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2002 09:50:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from lungfish.ntlworld.com ([80.4.0.215]) by mta07-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020329175044.ZKQU7757.mta07-svc.ntlworld.com@lungfish.ntlworld.com>; Fri, 29 Mar 2002 17:50:44 +0000 Received: from tuatara.goatsucker.org (tuatara.goatsucker.org [192.168.1.6]) by lungfish.ntlworld.com (8.11.6/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g2THoij24932; Fri, 29 Mar 2002 17:50:44 GMT (envelope-from scott@tuatara.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.goatsucker.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g2THoh108525; Fri, 29 Mar 2002 17:50:43 GMT (envelope-from scott) Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 17:50:43 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Paul Fraser Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HP DeskJet 810C under FreeBSD 4.5 Message-ID: <20020329175043.A8371@fishballoon.dyndns.org> References: <20020327191200.K384-100000@neptune.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020327191200.K384-100000@neptune.localdomain>; from pjfraser@bigpond.net.au on Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 07:14:12PM +1000 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386 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 On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 07:14:12PM +1000, Paul Fraser wrote: > Hello, > > I've installed FreeBSD 4.5, and am trying to set up my HP DeskJet 810C > (connected via /dev/lpt0) under it. I can talk to the Printer (eg, lptest > > /dev/lpt0 works), but I have a few problems.. > > The text runs off the page (A4) in one single line, I have stair-stepping > text, and whenever I print from within KDE or another app, it seems to > screw up completely and print one page containing what looks like the > start of Postscript, then prints about 5 pages of nothing (Just blank > pages). > > Would anybody be able to help me set this printer up? > > Thanks in advance! Install the print/apsfilter port (or package). It's slightly painful to configure, but once that's done, printing is a breeze... Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message