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Date:      Tue, 9 Jan 1996 13:02:43 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Chris Warth <csw@well.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: printer and parallel port problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960109130101.3520G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199601090045.QAA23758@well.com>

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On Mon, 8 Jan 1996, Chris Warth wrote:

> Can anyone suggest a simple test to see if the parallel port is even
> working?  In the meantime I'll try to load windows to see if that can
> talk nicely to the printer.

Find a big (>1 pg) document and cat it out:

cat bigdocument > /dev/lpt0

If it prints then it's not your printer.

I'd recommend checking out the Printing guide in the Handbook.  It goes 
through setup and testing step-by-step, very well put together IMHO.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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