Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 13:22:55 -0700 From: John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net> To: Mike Porter <mike.porter@xrxgsn.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the magical incantation necessary to print to /dev/ulpt0 Message-ID: <20010812132255.A59678@johncoop> In-Reply-To: <017a01c1235e$09b77300$0300a8c0@laptop>; from mike.porter@xrxgsn.com on Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 11:38:51 -0700 References: <017a01c1235e$09b77300$0300a8c0@laptop>
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On 2001.08.12 11:38 Mike Porter wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net> > To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> > Cc: questions@freebsd.org <questions@freebsd.org> > Date: Sunday, August 12, 2001 10:58 AM > Subject: Re: What is the magical incantation necessary to print to > /dev/ulpt0 > > > >On 2001.08.12 06:26 Mike Meyer wrote: > >> John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net> types: > >> > 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? :) > >> > >> LexMark tends to make cheap winprinters. That lexmark claims the z51 > >> works on "DOS through Windows" instead of "DOS" makes me think you > >> have one. If so, the only hope for making it work is to find a > >> ghostscript driver for your printer. > >> > >> <mike > >> -- > >> Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > >> Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more > >> information. > >> > > > >No, I can confirm that the Z51 is not a "WinPrinter"--this same printer > >works great hooked up through USB to an OS/2 machine. I'm almost > positive > >that no data is reaching the printer. > > > Except that Lexmark DOES advertise an OS/2 driver for this printer. I > don't > know why I bothered to do your research for you, but according to > http://www.lexmark.com/US/Services/SelfService/FAQs/display/0,1197,MzgyXklua > 2pldCtUZWNobm9sb2d5Xlo1MStDb2xvcitKZXRwcmludGVyXkRPUys0JTJFeCtvcitsb3dlcg==, > 00.html > you can run the z51 from a "true" DOS mode using PCL3 emulation, such as > an > HP500C. If you can find a ghostscript driver for the HP500C, that > *might* > work. Otherwise, get Lexmark to start writing freeBSD drivers for their > products. Or better yet, get a hardware printer. > > mike > For the last time, it's NOT a "WinPrinter." Pure FUD. If it were, the OS/2 driver would have to interpose physical drivers on the OS--it doesn't--I use it under OS/2. Under OS/2, I can even send an ordinary text stream--completely bypassing the driver--and it will print TTY-like on the printer. And the HP500C Ghostscript driver works fine through the parallel port--except I only have one of these (and disconnecting the printer on that port is not what I had in mind). There's clearly a bug in FreeBSD USB support. I'll file a PR. jmc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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