From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Mar 16 21:41:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from gsvaresh01.er.usgs.gov (gsvaresh01.er.usgs.gov [130.11.45.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B85C937BB62; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:41:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rsowders@usgs.gov) Subject: Re: hp812c printer. To: "dave" Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.2b December 16, 1999 Message-ID: From: rsowders@usgs.gov Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:37:50 -0800 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on gsvaresh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 5.0.2b |December 16, 1999) at 03/17/2000 12:41:41 AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I believe that this problem was discussed about 2 months ago. The default kernel is setup for installing the OS via PLIP or over the parallel port. i.e. it should not be set to "net" for printing. My memory is hazy about this so do a search in the archive for PLIP and sort by date. "dave" > cc: Sent by: Subject: hp812c printer. owner-freebsd-hardware@F reeBSD.ORG 03/16/00 02:14 PM Please respond to "dave" Hello, I'm trying to get my hp812c printer to work with freebsd. I was trying to make it work crossnetwork, that didn't work, so I decided to try it locally attached to the bsd machine, which made a mess of a bunch of stuff, so I was hopeful I could get it working fast. The problem is it's not printing. I've got lpt0 in the kernel and it shows up, the printer itself shows up as a generic printer. The lpt port is in interrupt driven mode, my /etc/printcap file is right out of the handbook. I've made a logfile, and used the lf command in printcap to instruct bsd to write to it, but I'm getting nothing. I've restarted lpd several times, with no success. If anyone can help please e-mail me. Thanks. Dave. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message