From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 2 18:59:49 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id SAA08952 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 2 Jan 1995 18:59:49 -0800 Received: from hp.com (hp.com [15.255.152.4]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA08945 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 1995 18:59:48 -0800 Received: from hpautow.aus.hp.com by hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.14/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA198261971; Mon, 2 Jan 1995 18:59:31 -0800 Message-Id: <199501030259.AA198261971@hp.com> Received: by hpautow.aus.hp.com (1.38.193.4/16.2) id AA05650; Tue, 3 Jan 1995 13:58:01 +1100 From: "M.C Wong" Subject: Re: HP ljII Example Needed for 2.0 To: tpr@picspc01.pics.com (Terry Rossi) Date: Tue, 03 Jan 1995 13:58:01 EDT Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199501022119.VAA08178@picspc01.pics.com>; from "Terry Rossi" at Jan 2, 95 9:19 pm X-Mailer: Elm [revision: 109.14.c] Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > > I have been trying to jet my HP LJII clone to work on my bsd 2.0 box > with no luck. The real problem is I do not understand the way bsd > printing works. It would be REALLY helpful if someone could send me > a working printcap and any filters that are needed. > > Thanks in advance. > > Terry > -- > +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Terry Rossi,tpr@pics.com Data: 609/753-2540 | > | Sysop, Pics OnLine BBS telnet: bbs.pics.com| > | 609/767-0216 Voice/Fax WWW: http://www.pics.com | > +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > Questions like these turn up VERY often (myself too), and I start thinking that do we need something similar to Linux HOWTO doc ? In fact the HOWTO doc on printing can be used by FreeBSD users, as they are BSD lpr stuff, happen to be written by Linux users. I think it's time we start thinking seriously about FreeBSD Documentation Project (FDP). My 0.02 opinion. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ M.C Wong Email: mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com Australian Telecom Operation Voice: +61 3 272 8058 Hewlett-Packard Australia Ltd Fax: +61 3 898 9257 31 Joseph St, Blackburn 3130, Australia OS: FreeBSD-1.1.5.1 http://hpautow.aus.hp.com:9999/~mcw/mcw.html (or http://hpautorf/~mcw)