From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 5 6:59:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 371.net (unknown [202.102.249.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3AB9437B4C5 for ; Sun, 5 Nov 2000 06:59:43 -0800 (PST) Received: (fmail 25454 invoked by uid 1004); 5 Nov 2000 14:46:53 -0000 Date: 5 Nov 2000 14:46:53 -0000 Message-ID: <20001105144653.25453.fmail@371.net> Reply-To: sharpmind2@371.net From: sharpmind2@371.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: my printer doesnt work Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'v A canon bjc-1000ps printer (a printer for home usage) I linked it to parallel port "lpt0" From booting message I knew it had been probed. Then I did as what the freebsd-handbook said: " lptest> /dev/lpt0" didnt work, so I guessed my printer didnt support plain text. I created a file with postscript, then typed following command: "cat filename > /dev/lpt0" ,but still didn't work ,so i guessed my printer didnt support postscript. Went on, I installed Ghostscript5.0 package, In ghostscript's configuration window I modified something necessary, and then began to print a test page; at this moment my printer worked, all seemed to be fine,however, when I began normal printing ,my printer still didnt work. To my surprise it still could print a test page. 1.I wonder if there are some printers that supported neither plain text or postscript. 2.I want to make my printer work. any help is appreciated. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message