From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 2 22:54:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA20335 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 22:54:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA20330 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 22:54:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA26422; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 22:54:32 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 22:54:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Allen Louden cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printing Problems error (retcode=241) In-Reply-To: <342E82C0.80418F78@access.mountain.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, Allen Louden wrote: > Hello, > > I have FBSD current and have an HP660c printer. I attempted the > instructions in the handbook to no avail. I then installed apsfilter and > still no luck. I have communication with the printer because when I try > to print, I get blank pages being fed from the printer. I also get this > message; > lp: filter 'f' exited (retcode=241). ghostscript (gs) had some serious error. You need to try running the gs command manually and figure out why ghostscript quit. > When I do an lptest, many lines of > ascii characters scroll on the screen, but nothing happens with the > printer. Well, yes, you have to run it as lptest | lpr to test it :-) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major