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Date:      27 Jul 2002 00:38:40 -0700
From:      karl agee <kdagee@attglobal.net>
To:        David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>
Cc:        Sam Slade <beslade@charter.net>, freebsd-questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-current <current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: system crashes; reboots when printing
Message-ID:  <1027755493.347.10.camel@enterprise.workgroup>
In-Reply-To: <200207270721.g6R7LWrl099224@bunrab.catwhisker.org>
References:  <200207270721.g6R7LWrl099224@bunrab.catwhisker.org>

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On Sat, 2002-07-27 at 00:21, David Wolfskill wrote:
> >From: karl agee <kdagee@attglobal.net>
> >Date: 26 Jul 2002 20:44:24 -0700
> 
> >> If this is a networked printer, then you'll probably want to
> >> use lpr but skip apsfilter.
> 
> >Excuse my newbie ignorance, but, how to do print a file bypassing lpr
> >and apsfilter????
> 
> For a directly-connected (i.e., attached via parallel or serial port)
> printer, just use "cp" to copy the file to the device (special file,
> such as /dev/lpt).

David:

Yes, this printer is directly connected parallel port.  

It worked!!!!  8-)  I was able to print a simple ps file directly to the
printer w/o crashing!!!

Ok, so now_what......??????

--karl


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