From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 16 17:04:13 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 269F516A41F for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:04:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C211143D45 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:04:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 25672 invoked from network); 16 Jan 2006 16:34:51 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 16 Jan 2006 16:34:50 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 0C34228423; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:34:50 -0500 (EST) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: ivan.roth@free.fr References: <20060116171536.5yk012n1eokw8gss@imp4.free.fr> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 16 Jan 2006 11:34:49 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20060116171536.5yk012n1eokw8gss@imp4.free.fr> Message-ID: <44bqycxhau.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 48 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 17:04:13 -0000 ivan.roth@free.fr writes: > 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 ? You're probably running into problems with the parallel driver rather than the ghostscript (printer) driver. Try setting the parallel port to "polling". (See the FreeBSD FAQ entry for "My parallel printer is ridiculously slow. What can I do?".)