Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 18:06:11 -0500 From: Ranko Sredojevic <surija@gmail.com> To: Ranko Sredojevic <surija@gmail.com>, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: directions Message-ID: <21bc91010511271506l5bf716dcq666f1819d5fa9356@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051127222634.GB97673@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <21bc91010511271031y6357b2f0ue2891afbe71b83f4@mail.gmail.com> <20051127184612.GA93799@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <21bc91010511271210k35ccd954ic16d168e8c6d155a@mail.gmail.com> <20051127222634.GB97673@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On 11/27/05, Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 03:10:29PM -0500, Ranko Sredojevic wrote: > > > Any ideas on lpd/lpq problem? I sent various things out to print... Mor= e > or > > less succesfully... :\ > > I use the simplest filter: cat, trying to send .ps to the printer. > Sometimes > > it prints the whole > > document... sometimes just part of it... (for longer ones) I haven't > managed > > to get more > > than 8 pages (4 sheets) in one print? Any ideas? > > Is it a parallel port printer? If so, set your parallel port into > polling mode: lptcontrol -p -d /dev/lpt0.ctl > > If that works, set the following in /boot/device.hints: > > hint.ppc.0.flags=3D"0x20" > > and it will be put into polling mode at boot. No, it is network printer... Sorry, I forgot to mention. Some documents (smaller ones) it prints fine. Some other: it just doesn't print ... or prints the error message I already sent ... or part of it... depends on mood I guess :) rasha
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