From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 22 12: 9:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (pinsoft.internet.co.nz [202.37.141.181]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C91A910F01 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 12:08:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz [202.37.163.2]) by kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA23352; Tue, 23 Feb 1999 09:08:27 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 09:08:27 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen To: Langa Kentane Cc: "'FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: Printer setup (newbie) In-Reply-To: <913B8C252194D2119BD500805F318178030459@za12nt02.mweb.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Langa Kentane wrote: > How do I setup my printer. > > I am using FreeBSD-3.0 and my printer is a dot matrix printer connected to > lpt1. Basically you need to enable lpd (in /etc/rc.conf) and fiddle with with /etc/printcap. Check out the Handbook on the Web for an excellent tutorial on how to set it up. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Chen | -insert-witty-quip-here- ------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message