From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 27 18:37:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA17198 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 27 Oct 1997 18:37:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA17193 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 1997 18:37:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA13767; Mon, 27 Oct 1997 18:37:24 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 18:37:24 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Mariusz Potocki cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network printing problem. (staircase & ff effects) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Mariusz Potocki wrote: > > On 24-Oct-97 Doug White wrote: > >On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Mariusz Potocki wrote: > > > >> I have DeskJet 540 printer attached to HP JetDirect EX Plus printserver on > >our > >> local LAN. > > > >Point your printcap entry at the printer `text' on the JetDirect and it > >will fix the staircase effect for you. > > > > Yes, I place rp=hppotok in printcap and it solve the staircase effect, but I sti > ll have to push FF button on the printer to start printing. Is it problem with p > rintcap or filter? oh, I didn't notice this was a EX Plus, I thought it was a LaserJet with an internal JetDirect. I assume the same thing holds though. > BTW, how to print on JetDirect with three parallel ports (it has only one IP add > ress assigned). I have no idea, I've never worked with them. It should be in the manual though. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major