From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 27 22:24:18 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96448106564A for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:24:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53B9F8FC16 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:24:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxl31 with SMTP id 31so1424881yxl.13 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:24:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=mVBpbQWmqxK0qSlQP6JFBDyaUJRc73yjvN1rVvQWi3g=; b=HSoVVpE0B6qytpVENFVktjc+lR6/cUquPUZmKngn2UkdCwNQhSsSsyn4VV3bhYKRKD vNn2TqaQ6u0TlMGP9VwnJs+SyRDodyVMnfsfs3yQaCuw6qPb60WcqYcHi4ccVtMcqqWk V5vMHYQa0KSOlo1Od7MNgh4ntbqIfwiGaeAQE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.43.52.136 with SMTP id vm8mr290239icb.25.1311805457148; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:24:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.169.73 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:24:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:24:17 -0500 Message-ID: From: Antonio Olivares To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C 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: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:24:18 -0000 On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: > >> I changed /etc/printcap, and two blank pages came out but blank :( > > Okay, it's progress. =A0And good news, that printer understands plain ASC= II > and PCL3. > > Make certain lpd is running (pgrep lpd), then try the test shown in the > article: > > =A0% printf =93This is a test\r\n\f=94 | lpr Warren, quadcore# ls -l /dev/ulpt0 crw-r--r-- 1 root operator 0, 148 Jul 27 16:29 /dev/ulpt0 quadcore# ls -l /dev/unlpt0 crw-r--r-- 1 root operator 0, 149 Jul 27 16:27 /dev/unlpt0 quadcore# pgrep lpd 43017 quadcore# printf "This is a test\r\n\f" | lpr The printer has not printed :( Thanks, Antonio