From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 4 02:27:43 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 472D47FB for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2014 02:27:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 110EF1AD9 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2014 02:27:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.27] (rbn1-216-180-76-44.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.76.44]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id s842RY5w006024 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2014 21:27:35 -0500 Message-ID: <5407CF8D.3070007@hiwaay.net> Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 21:33:49 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printing problems .... References: <5400A209.7030103@hiwaay.net> <20140903191459.3f118c97@morena.maps.net> In-Reply-To: <20140903191459.3f118c97@morena.maps.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 02:27:43 -0000 On 09/03/14 21:14, Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez wrote: > El Fri, 29 Aug 2014 10:53:45 -0500 > "William A. Mahaffey III" escribió: >> >> I am trying to get printing working under FBSD 9.3. I cribbed >> printcap info from >> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing.html#printing-quick-start >> & tried it out: >> > Great, you started well, reading the manual > >> [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:48:04am] 458 % service lpd status >> lpd is running as pid 27062. >> [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:48:06am] 459 % printf "From jaguar:\n1. This >> printer can print.\n2. This is the second line.\n" | lpr >> [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:48:36am] 460 % lpq >> no entries > According with the next page > > http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Xerox/Xerox-Phaser_6130N > > The printer Xerox Phaser 6130N can print plain text, but in xerox.com > it list PCL6 and PostScript drivers > > http://www.support.xerox.com/support/phaser-6130/downloads/enus.html?operatingSystem=winxp > > Since lpq said "no entries", the job was send to the printer, let see > if we can diagnose why nothing was printed > >> [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:48:38am] 461 % (tail printcap ) >> # :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: >> # >> # ... following cribbed from Athlon-cube, FC14 ;-) .... >> # >> # printer|Xerox Phaser 6130N:rm=jaguar.cfd.com:rp=printer: >> # Cups-PDF|Cups-PDF:rm=jaguar.cfd.com:rp=Cups-PDF: >> # >> # ... following cribbed from online FBSD LP docs .... >> # >> lp:lp=:rm=printer:rp=raw:sh:mx#0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > In the office I have a Xerox WorkCentre 5135 and I use "rp=lp", try > with that, "rp=raw" normally is for HP printers > >> Nothing ever comes out of the printer, thought it does light up, it >> seems to know it got something .... > The job arrived to the printer, but maybe to the wrong queue (rp=raw) > >> The same printf stuff above works >> from the shell CLI on other Linux boxen (CUPS), so the printer can >> handle straight ASCII text .... TIA for any clues .... > The package CUPS has filters included, the LPD/LPR system included in > the base does not > > Even your printcap file does not specify a input-filter (if=) > > Read the next post (the part referring to how LPD/LPR works) > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2014-August/259926.html > > In conclusion, try changing rp=lp and let us know what happen > > Martin Paredes > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Still nogo, printer light comes on, it makes a bit of noise, but no output .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.