Date: 27 Jul 2002 00:38:40 -0700 From: karl agee <kdagee@attglobal.net> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: Sam Slade <beslade@charter.net>, freebsd-questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-current <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: system crashes; reboots when printing Message-ID: <1027755493.347.10.camel@enterprise.workgroup> In-Reply-To: <200207270721.g6R7LWrl099224@bunrab.catwhisker.org> References: <200207270721.g6R7LWrl099224@bunrab.catwhisker.org>
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On Sat, 2002-07-27 at 00:21, David Wolfskill wrote: > >From: karl agee <kdagee@attglobal.net> > >Date: 26 Jul 2002 20:44:24 -0700 > > >> If this is a networked printer, then you'll probably want to > >> use lpr but skip apsfilter. > > >Excuse my newbie ignorance, but, how to do print a file bypassing lpr > >and apsfilter???? > > For a directly-connected (i.e., attached via parallel or serial port) > printer, just use "cp" to copy the file to the device (special file, > such as /dev/lpt). David: Yes, this printer is directly connected parallel port. It worked!!!! 8-) I was able to print a simple ps file directly to the printer w/o crashing!!! Ok, so now_what......?????? --karl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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