From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 6 18:45:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from jordan.llnl.gov (jordan.llnl.gov [128.115.36.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08F3F37B403 for ; Sat, 6 Oct 2001 18:45:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wea@localhost) by jordan.llnl.gov (8.11.6/8.11.4) id f971j5P05384; Sat, 6 Oct 2001 18:45:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 18:45:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Ed Alley Message-Id: <200110070145.f971j5P05384@jordan.llnl.gov> To: jslivko@4evermail.com Subject: Re: apsfilter & LaserJet 4L and StarOffice Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 Sat, 06 Oct 2001 14:55:53 -0400 "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" wrote: > On Saturday, October 06, 2001 14:47:05 -0400, "Jonathan M.Slivko" > wrote: > +----- > | lpc: connect: No such file or directory > +--->8 > > /usr/sbin/lpd isn't running. Start it manually and copy and edit the > appropriate line from /etc/defaults/rc.conf to /etc/rc.conf. > > vpn35:5001 Z$ grep lpd /etc/rc.conf > lpd_enable="YES" > > -- > brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][freebsd] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net > system administrator [JAPH][WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu > electrical and computer engineering KF8NH > carnegie mellon university [linux: proof of the million monkeys theory] > > On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 Jonathan Slivko wrote: > Thanks! OK, the problem that now exists is that the printer now prints 1 line > on the printer It sounds like you need to read about printer input filters in the handbook. What is happening is that the "UNIX-style" newline at the end of a line of text is not sufficient to cause the printer to return to column #1. The input filter can add the carrage return to the line, or wrap your text in PCL or whatever. > ... (which it thinks is a generic printer) and not what it should be > printing, which is either a netscape document or a StarOffice document. Any ideas > there? ... Probably sending Postscript down the pipe. Is your printer configured to read Postscript? > ... It's my feeling that the printer thats being called is "lp" not "ljet4". > How do I correct that? -- Jonathan "lp" is a name or alias for an entry in your printcap file. Look at manpage: printcap(5) to see how to configure printing. The handbook is also helpful here. Basically, /etc/printcap instructs lpd on how to handle your print request: what filters to run it through, whether you want a burst page, accounting, etc.. If your printer is not configured for Postscript (for instance) and you want to print Postscript, then you need to set up an input filter that converts Postscript to your printer language (probably PCL). - -- Jonathan M. Slivko Head Systems Administrator, 4EverMail Hosting Services http://www.4evermail.com -- Are YOU ready for the new Internet? ------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message