Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 20:48:07 -0800 (PST) From: kristopher <kzentner@u.washington.edu> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: new printer driver (nlpt0) woes Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902212038140.385-100000@gabrielle.u.washington.edu>
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I've been trying to get with the new nlpt drivers since the current lpt
driver is "depreciated". First I must comment that the documentation for
the new lpt driver is kind of poor and the driver does not seem to work
the same as the former. I'm trying quite hard to figure out why so perhaps
someone can help.
printer type: hp 540
the line that I had in my kernel config that works:
device lpt0 at isa? port? tty irq 7 vector lptintr
the one I'm attepting to introduce while commenting out the above:
controller ppc0 at isa? port? net irq 7 vector lptintr
controller ppbus0 at ppc0
device nlpt0 at ppbus?
my main printcap entry I use to print (which uses apsfilter):
lp|lp2|penelope|cdjmono-letter-auto-mono|cdjmono auto mono:\
:lp=/dev/lpt0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/cdjmono-letter-auto-mono:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/cdjmono-letter-auto-mono/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/cdjmono-letter-auto-mono/acct:\
:if=/usr/local/apsfilter/filter/aps-cdjmono-letter-auto-mono:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
what happens: about 1/4 of the page prints and then it starts spewing
extra pages and garbage.
As for now I'm still using the old lpt driver since it still works. I'm a
little discouraged that a printer driver that has worked wonderfully for
so long is now replaced with one that is different and gives no
explaination as to how. Perhaps it no longer works with apsfilter? Any
responses are appreciated.
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