From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 16 16:15:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 58BCA16A41F for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:15:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ivan.roth@free.fr) Received: from smtp3-g19.free.fr (smtp3-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE2BA43D46 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:15:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ivan.roth@free.fr) Received: from imp3-g19.free.fr (imp3-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.3]) by smtp3-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CA37441F4 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:15:34 +0100 (CET) Received: by imp3-g19.free.fr (Postfix, from userid 33) id B93385444C; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:15:36 +0100 (MET) Received: from 83.214.71.138 ([83.214.71.138]) by imp4.free.fr (Horde) with HTTP for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:15:36 +0100 Message-ID: <20060116171536.5yk012n1eokw8gss@imp4.free.fr> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:15:36 +0100 From: ivan.roth@free.fr To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.0.2) Subject: trouble installing new printer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:15:35 -0000 Hi all, my previous (and still unanswered) message was: ----------------------------------------------- Hi, I just bought a Canon i865 yesterday. This is my first printer install on FreeBSD. I, of course, followed the steps described in the handbook. But when running the really simple 'lptest > /dev/lpt0' command, nothing happened, excepted the flashing light on the printer. The flashing time is depending of the job size, i.e. the light is flashing longer with lptest > /dev/lpt0 than with lptest 20 5 > /dev/lpt0. I decided to go a bit firther and configured /etc/printcap, and activated the lf capability. And running lptest 20 5 | lpr -Pmy-printer gave again the same result. I tried many research on the net but could not find anything useful. I am now installing apsfilter but ask you for some help during the compilation process. Thank you. ----------------------------------------------- So now I installed apsfilter and had to choose a driver. I tested Canon BJC-800 and two or three from the BJC-8200 (said mostly compatible). Ok, I got a printed output, but my printers needs approx. 5 minutes for a simple plain text page. That is quite painfuly slow, isn't it ? I even tried the turboprint driver, but got nothing whith it. So at that point: - I can print - I can go to sleep for a whole week before getting one chapter from the handbook printed. Do you have anything to suggest to me ? -- Regards, Ivan