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Date:      Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:57:58 -0500
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jes=FAs_Arn=E1iz?= <jesus@pasapues.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: printer
Message-ID:  <15086.16982.572860.727379@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <118588891@toto.iv>

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Jes=FAs Arn=E1iz <jesus@pasapues.com> types:
> Hi!
>=20
> I have a parallel port printer pluged on my FreeBSD machine. When I b=
oot I see it
> detect parallel port and lpt0 device.
>=20
> But I can't print, if I use lpd and lpq commands it say the device is=
 busy and all my
> works are in the printer spool waiting for it.
>=20
> If I do a
>=20
> # cat /etc/lpt0
>=20
> it say "device is busy" again.

That looks like a printer cable problem, or possibly a BIOS
setting. Have you verifired that all the hardware works properly?

=09<mike

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