Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 15:52:52 -0800 (PST) From: drwho@xnet.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: kern/10701: ppbus printing problems Message-ID: <19990320235252.F068114D60@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 10701 >Category: kern >Synopsis: ppbus printing problems >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Mar 20 16:00:01 PST 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Michael Maxwell >Release: 3.1-RELEASE >Organization: none >Environment: FreeBSD drwho.xnet.com 3.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE #1: Tue Mar 9 02:13:08 CST 1999 root@drwho.xnet.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/DRWHO i386 >Description: Using a HP Deskjet 672c, with the print filter described in the freebsd handbook, problems occur when printing plain text and/or postscript. When printing plain text, characters are dropped, or formatting is broken. The printer seems to have problems loading the paper, and the error light comes on. When printing postscript, I use GhostScript 5.50 (also tried 5.10) from ports/packages. I have tried several printer drivers from gs, but I've always been able to use "deskjet" printer type. however, with 3.1-R, the document does not print properly at all, and usually spews out unprintable binary garbage about halfway down the page. This problem only occurs on FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE. A 2.2.7-RELEASE machine does NOT exhibit this problem. >How-To-Repeat: Print something. >Fix: I wish I knew, but it must have something to do with the new ppbus parallel port driver. I will try recompiling the kernel to use the OLD "lpt" interface instead of "nlpt" to see if that works as a temporary fix. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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