From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 24 05:56:12 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id FAA18490 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 24 Jul 1995 05:56:12 -0700 Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with SMTP id FAA18484 for ; Mon, 24 Jul 1995 05:56:10 -0700 Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA29973; Mon, 24 Jul 95 06:56:07 -0600 Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.38.193.4/SMI-4.1 (1.38.193.4)) id AA16811; Mon, 24 Jul 1995 06:59:46 -0600 Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 06:59:46 -0600 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Message-Id: <9507241259.AA16811@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> To: rob.rose@bigbear.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9507240006.0055R00@bigbear.com> (rob.rose@bigbear.com) Subject: Re: printscreen Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Rob" == rob rose writes: Rob> does fbsd have a printscreen type function? If you're running X, there's `xwd -root' followed by a pipeline of the correct conversion filters to get things into a format for your printer. See the `man xwd' and the `netpbm' package. Rob> also, i have a hp540 deskjet. what do i need to do to hook Rob> this puppy up to my new unix box? (I dont even know where to Rob> start) Ah, you'd be an excellent test customer for the Printing section of the handbook ... now if only I had it finished. :) To start, is this printer on a serial port or a parallel port? -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA When I was a baby, I kept a diary. Recently, I was rereading it. It said, "Day 1 -- Still tired from the move. Day 2 -- Everybody talks to me like I'm an idiot." I was upset because on my second birthday, I went from being one to being two, and my age doubled in a year. I figured at this rate, by the time I'm six, I'll be ninety. -- Steven Wright