From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 22 14:17:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA04217 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 14:17:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from glacier.cold.org (glacier.cold.org [206.81.134.54]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA04199 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 14:17:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (brandon@localhost) by glacier.cold.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA05170 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 15:19:33 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 15:19:32 -0600 (MDT) From: Brandon Gillespie To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Postscript Printing problems (printcap) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I am experiencing a very odd problem. The first file I send to the printer will print fine. Any subsequent files will not print, and the light on the priter will blink indefinitely. However, I accidentally stumbled upon something that causes it to continue to print other things. If I run tip on the same device as the lpd is using, I get echo'd output of the subsequent files I print and everything works (??). Printer: Apple Laserwriter II NTX /etc/printcap entry: lp|ps|PS|S|Apple|Apple LaserWriter IINTX:\ :sh:\ :mx=0:\ :br#9600:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/isp:\ :lp=/dev/ttydl:\ :if=/usr/local/libexec/psif:\ :lf=/var/log/isp.log: /etc/remote entry: printer:dv=/dev/ttydl:br#9600:pa=none I can print a file with 'lpr file.ps' and it will print. Doing the same again it does not print, and the light blinks indefinitely. However if I type 'tip printer' I see all of the output of the second file, with the printer's responses etc as it parses/compiles the file, ending with the appropriate 'showpage' and subsequent printing. WHY is it doing this?? In /etc/rc.serial I am setting the device as simply 'default l'. -Brandon Gillespie