Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 12:33:20 +0200 From: "=?ISO-8859-2?Q?Ivan_Zenzerovi=E6?=" <zenzof1@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printer issue Message-ID: <640eadd40704010333n2e89a4bcy5262954bd2459b46@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070331191537.D26747@wonkity.com> References: <640eadd40703311522y43375f75v430714edba0df51b@mail.gmail.com> <20070331165257.X25626@wonkity.com> <640eadd40703311611i286c517x3de33bd38290bcd6@mail.gmail.com> <640eadd40703311651y7d2b77bax173f6c10e5d7056f@mail.gmail.com> <20070331191537.D26747@wonkity.com>
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On 4/1/07, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > > On Sun, 1 Apr 2007, Ivan Zenzeroviê 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 Hi, I configured it as you said. But, there is another problem, the printer always prints the same trash, and I can't stop it. When I sent him a pdf file it started printing trash and after a lot of restarts and stops and reboots it always prints ther same without stop. Ivan -- ----------------------------------------------------------- "Correr, competir, eu levo isso no sangue, é parte da minha vida." - Ayrton Senna
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