From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 20 12:40:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA19208 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 12:40:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from kakapo.pinnacle.co.nz (pinsoft.internet.co.nz [202.37.141.181]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA19200 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 12:40:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz [202.37.163.2]) by kakapo.pinnacle.co.nz (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id JAA06656; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 09:40:24 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 09:40:24 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen To: Jim Snyder cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printing problem. In-Reply-To: <367A72EC.ABAAEFD9@mindspring.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 Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Jim Snyder wrote: > I am using FreeBSD 3.0, and have a HP Deskjet 600c printer. How do I get > my printer to start working in FreeBSD, and KDE 1.0? The way it is now, > whenever I try to print something it prints just the 1st line then > starts spitting paper out until I shut it off, and then turn it back on. > It never prints the rest of the page. I am trying to print out some of > the doc's and manuals but no luck so far. You've got the ladder-printing problem with your printer. To get around this you'll have to add a filter for your printer; something like: #! /bin/sh awk '{ printf ("%s\r\n", $0); }' printf "\f" -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Everything in excess, moderation is for monks!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message