From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 12 11:36:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B34A73EBA for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 11:36:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt8-208-170-118-13.dialup.HiWAAY.net [208.170.118.13]) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.3/8.9.0) with ESMTP id NAA10579; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 13:36:22 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA74935; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 13:35:48 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Message-Id: <200002121935.NAA74935@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: ccba Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: PostScript Printer Config. Problem In-reply-to: Message from ccba of "Sat, 12 Feb 2000 08:43:07 EST." <38A56368.9C2D8ABE@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 13:35:48 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ccba writes: > > The problem is everytime I do a lpr or enscript(should I try other > commands ??) > the printer flashes with the following messages but no pages printed: > > ready...processing...waiting....ready In your machine's past life as Win95, did this printer work with this computer connected the same way? Once Upon A Time I had a Silentwriter 90 at work but don't remember if it was able to automatically switch between serial, parallel, and LocalTalk or if it had to be manually switched. Also don't remember if it could (or had to be) switched between HPCL and Postscript on a per-port basis. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message