Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 13:47:07 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Gary D. Margiotta" <gary@tbe.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HP LaserJet Series II Message-ID: <19980707134707.F7792@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980706232912.10137A-100000@electric.tbe.net>; from Gary D. Margiotta on Mon, Jul 06, 1998 at 11:37:13PM -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980706232912.10137A-100000@electric.tbe.net>
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On Monday, 6 July 1998 at 23:37:13 -0400, Gary D. Margiotta wrote: > Anyone had any success setting one of these printers up under FreeBSD? > I'm having a little trouble getting output on it, and was wondering if > anyone had any tips on how to set it up. > > I know there is communication between my PC and the printer, as I can send > the lptest and the ready light starts blinking, but it takes honestly like > 5-10 minutes for anything to get spit out, and it ends up being some > garbage on the end of the page, nothing like what is supposed to be > printed; plus, it sends out a blank sheet or two after each attempt. I > tried going through the troubleshooting tips in the handbook, but to no > avail. > > Any ideas? Please reply directly as I'm not subscribed to the list. > Thanks in advance! This could be an interrupt conflict. Try this: # lptcontrol -p If it works after that, you have an interrupt conflict, so you should go looking at your dmesg output for conflicts (probably irq 7). Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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