From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 10 16:42:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71BE916A4CE for ; Mon, 10 May 2004 16:42:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [65.173.111.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D942143D3F for ; Mon, 10 May 2004 16:42:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i4ANg856008768; Mon, 10 May 2004 17:42:08 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) with ESMTP id i4ANg8Ln008765; Mon, 10 May 2004 17:42:08 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 17:42:08 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Ion-Mihai Tetcu In-Reply-To: <20040510173251.5c053a6a@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> Message-ID: <20040510173714.L8661@wonkity.com> References: <20040510173251.5c053a6a@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040504, clamav-milter version 0.70u X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing to HP LaserJet III X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 23:42:13 -0000 On Mon, 10 May 2004, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: > 2. The tray I have is for "legal" paper and I want to use A4; the > problem is that if I set CUPS to print on A4 it's prompting "PC LOAD A4" > and I have to push "Continue" for each page. The printer knows that it does not have A4 paper loaded. On many HP printers, it can tell because there are configuration switches that are set by the paper guides in the tray. On others, you might have to set that through the front panel menus. > 3. From what I've seen on net there are many sub-models of LaserJet III > with different capabilities; is there any method to query the printer > and find out what it knows ? Printing a test page should show options like PostScript or additional memory. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA