Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 16:29:43 -0500 From: "Eric F Crist" <ecrist@secure-computing.net> To: "Charles Pelletier" <fozekizer@attbi.com> Cc: "Subscribers to FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: HP laserjetIII compatibility? Message-ID: <00ec01c2010e$a017a7f0$fe01a8c0@armageddon> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10205202250360.23706-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> <002501c20108$f39f1350$32040101@hume>
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Did the apsfilter test page work correctly? If so, try simply: more <filename> | lp That usually works for me, I've got a Brother 1440 Laser Printer that uses PCL4 (same as the new HPs). Eric F Crist President/Sys Admin AdTech Integrated Systems, Inc. http://www.adtechintegrated.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Pelletier" <fozekizer@attbi.com> Cc: "Subscribers to FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 3:49 PM Subject: Re: HP laserjetIII compatibility? > it communicates, sorta. i was able to get the printer to at least form feed, > that is, when i do the following: > > cat whateverfile > /dev/lpt0 > > the printer formfeeds for 2 or 3 pages. so, at least i know that bsd is able > to talk to the printer. > --charlie pelletier > --litmus(mp3.com/litmus) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Annelise Anderson" <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> > To: "Richard Mahoney" <rbm49@ext.canterbury.ac.nz> > Cc: <fozekizer@attbi.com>; "Subscribers to FreeBSD-Questions" > <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 12:57 AM > Subject: Re: HP laserjetIII compatibility? > > > > On Tue, 21 May 2002, Richard Mahoney wrote: > > > > > On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 07:56:40PM +0000, fozekizer@attbi.com wrote: > > > > Can someone point me to a location that has a good > > > > printcap for an HP LaserJet III? I am having problems > > > > getting FreeBSD 4.3R to communicate with the printer. I > > > > am using printcap, if-simple, and other necessary items > > > > directly from the FreeBSD handbook, but, nothing wants > > > > to communicate with the printer (which, btw, works > > > > beautifully, but not in FREEBSD at the moment) > > > > > > apsfilter-7.2.2 > > > > > > Many regards, > > > > > > Richard Mahoney > > > > > The LaserJet III uses the Hewlett-Packard PCL language and does not > > do postscript; apsfilter causes it to emulate postscript. > > > > If you want to print a text file on your LJ III with the default > > printcap entry, you can change the line endings with unix2dos (this > > is a port). Then you should be able to cat the file to /dev/lpt0 > > (if that's where the printer is) or type lpr -Plp <filename>. > > > > That at least will ensure that you can communicate with the printer. > > > > I wrote a port (called pclprint) for printing on PCL LaserJets by > > putting the necessary PCL language codes in the document. However > > it is so hard to use I hardly ever used it myself. > > > > Annelise > > > > -- > > Annelise Anderson > > Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC > > Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com > > Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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