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Date:      Tue, 30 Sep 1997 23:09:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Don Humphreys <drhumph@ibm.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: getting printer to work under FBSD 2.2.2
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970930230321.23594A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3431F420.5DB7@ibm.net>

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On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Don Humphreys wrote:

> I just installed FreeBSD 2.2.2 using CD rom.
> 
> When attempting to use lpr command to print a text file,
> nothing happens.
> 
> The only thing that I noticed at boot up time was that
> lpt0 was irq 7 and that lpt1 was not probed due to conflict
> with lpt0.

Try removing the IRQ from your kernel config and rebuild.   THis will put
it into polled mode and remove the conflict.

> How can I get printer to work, ie., to be recognized?
> 
> system Specs:
> HP pavillion 166 mhz
> 32 MG Ram
> 2 hardrives with freebsd using 2nd hardrive 2.4+GB
> 
> Printer is Hewlett Packard Desljet 820 Cse 

This isn't the ``Windows Enhanced'' printer, is it?

See the Handbook's section on setting up printers.  It's very, very well
written.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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