From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 26 2:17:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from titan.metropolitan.at (mail.metropolitan.at [195.212.98.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA2B014CAB for ; Wed, 26 May 1999 02:17:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mladavac@metropolitan.at) Received: by TITAN with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) id ; Wed, 26 May 1999 11:20:01 +0200 Message-ID: <55586E7391ACD211B9730000C110027617961C@r-lmh-wi-100.corpnet.at> From: Ladavac Marino To: 'Doug White' , Pedram Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: lpt0 problems Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 11:14:59 +0200 X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug White [SMTP:dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 8:45 PM > To: Pedram > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: lpt0 problems > > On Mon, 24 May 1999, Pedram wrote: > > > --- Doug White wrote: > > > > > > Try throwing the port into polled mode with > > > lptcontrol. > > > > > > lptcontrol -u 1 -p > > > > I tried this, but the problem persists. I know the > > printer functions since I can print from Window$95; > > perhaps it's not compatible with BSD? It's a NEC > > SuperScript Plus 660 laser printer. > > Ah, it's a laser. Perhaps you need to send a final formfeed to flush > the > printer's buffer. [ML] This might be one of those Winprinters (GDI-printers). In this case it will not work because it needs the Windows GDI imaging system to prepare bitmaps (and a special bidirectional parallel cable). If that is the case, the only hope is smbclient and ghostscript on the windows machine. /Marino > Doug White > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message