Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:29:13 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Ivan_Zenzerovi=E6?= <zenzof1@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printer issue Message-ID: <20070331191537.D26747@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <640eadd40703311651y7d2b77bax173f6c10e5d7056f@mail.gmail.com> References: <640eadd40703311522y43375f75v430714edba0df51b@mail.gmail.com> <20070331165257.X25626@wonkity.com> <640eadd40703311611i286c517x3de33bd38290bcd6@mail.gmail.com> <640eadd40703311651y7d2b77bax173f6c10e5d7056f@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 1 Apr 2007, Ivan Zenzeroviæ wrote: >> zenzo|line|HP6L|lp|Hewlett z Packard Laser Jet6L:\ >> :sh:sd=/var/spool/zenzo:\ >> :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ >> :if=/usr/local/libexec/if-simple:\ >> # :if=/usr/local/libexec/hpif: > still the same, I put the device ljet5, because there is no ljet6. I just > don't get it, why is doing that! Please edit your posts to remove unneeded text, and post your reply after the section you're replying to. This makes it easier to read and respond. First, you can't use comments inside a printcap entry. Those backslashes at the end of the line are line continuation characters; the whole thing is really just one long line. Second, the default printer is usually called "lp". Unless you have that, you'll have to tell lpr the printer name with -P each time you use it. Given that, here's an edit of your printcap: lp:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ :sh:\ :sd=/var/spool/zenzo:\ :if=/usr/local/libexec/if-simple: This requires that /usr/local/libexec/if-simple is in place and executable, too. Now you should be able to print with lpr. However, your printer still doesn't know that linefeed also means carriage return. So we'll include carriage returns with a test print: lptest 66 79 | perl -ne 's/\n/\r\n/; print' | lpr This should print one page. If it works, you're almost there. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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