From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 10 17:20:26 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5270816A46E for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:20:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@umich.edu) Received: from hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.14.81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E418513C4CC for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:20:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@umich.edu) Received: FROM dell1 (Unknown [141.211.15.39]) BY hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4693BFD8.6C072.23137 ; 10 Jul 2007 13:20:24 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:20:11 -0400 From: William Bulley To: Warren Block Message-ID: <20070710172011.GM61945@dell1> Mail-Followup-To: Warren Block , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: odd HP 1320 printer behaviour... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:20:26 -0000 According to Warren Block : > > If the print job is plain text, does it end in a formfeed? If not, the > printer may wait for one, and eventually timeout and print the page. I only send PostScript to this printer. My WWW browsers do this for me automatically and the FreeBSD port "print/enscript-letter" does the rest for me (plain text or ASCII files). > Depending on what processing you do to the source file, you may find > utilities like /usr/ports/print/enscript useful. I have been using enscript for about twenty years now... :-) Regards, web... -- William Bulley Email: web@umich.edu