From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Apr 13 23:09:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA01616 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:09:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from proxyb2.san.rr.com (proxyb2-atm.san.rr.com [204.210.0.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA01545 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 06:07:56 GMT (envelope-from erich@compecon.com) Received: from compecon.com (dt083na0.san.rr.com [204.210.25.160]) by proxyb2.san.rr.com (8.8.7/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA13111; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:07:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3532FD4C.8A62813A@compecon.com> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:08:12 -0700 From: unsafe at any speed X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Narana Kannappan CC: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printing with hp deskjet 722c References: <199804140448.VAA02246@jewel-ss20.cisco.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Narana Kannappan wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm haveing trouble printing from my hp deskjet 722c printer. > > Here are the details > > * running 2.2.5 > * printer connected to /dev/lpt0. dmesg recognises it. > * lptest > /dev/lpt0 does NOT provide any output. > * printer works fine on win-95. > * info on win-95 says that 2-way communication to printer is > working correctly. > > -any suggestions ? I am pretty sure you're out of luck printing to a DeskJet 722c from FreeBSD. It is one of HP's Windows-only printers and is completely dependent on the Windows driver even to print plain text. Eric Hedstrom erich@compecon.com p.s. this should be in -questions. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message