From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Sep 11 19:11:14 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C8D19CDAA5 for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 19:11:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "wonkity.com", Issuer "wonkity.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 38B0A1E95 for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 19:11:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id t8BJB1fE085194 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:11:01 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id t8BJB0d6085191; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:11:00 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:11:00 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Polytropon cc: reg@dwf.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems setting up printer. In-Reply-To: <20150911175413.c08049f7.freebsd@edvax.de> Message-ID: References: <201509110349.t8B3nf1s025683@deneb.dwf.com> <20150911144242.c8c25999.freebsd@edvax.de> <20150911175413.c08049f7.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (BSF 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:11:01 -0600 (MDT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 19:11:14 -0000 On Fri, 11 Sep 2015, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 08:19:31 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: >> On Fri, 11 Sep 2015, Polytropon wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 21:49:41 -0600, reg@dwf.com wrote: >>>> >>>> I've read and reread the printers section of the >>>> Handbook, but haven't been able to put together >>>> a printcap that will print. >>>> >>>> I have a Postscript HPLJ4100. >>>> It exists with that name in the dns. >>>> >>>> lp:\ >>>> :/lp:=9100@HPLJ4100:\ >>>> :sh:\ >>>> :mx#0:\ >>>> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ >>>> :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ >>>> :if=/usr/local/libexec/enscript: >>> >>> You're missing rm= I think, which is essential. >> >> For HP port 9100 printing, there is the alternate form of >> 9100@printername. Which, now that I look at that line, has two >> problems: >> >> :/lp:=9100@HPLJ4100:\ >> >> The slash before "lp" here is a mistake. > > Yes, that's something which looked strange to me, too, > that's why I posted one of my printcap entries for > comparison. > > > >> The colon after "lp" is the second problem. Colons are field >> separators, so the printer device is never set. > > Which explains why the printer doesn't print. With the > setting "lp=9100@HPLJ4100", and "HPLJ4100" being resolvable, > the correct printer IP and port should be addressed. > > By the way, it's easy to test that with netcat: > > % nc HPLJ4100 9100 < /tmp/print.ps This is shown in the Handbook "Direct Printing" section: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing-lpd.html > where /tmp/print.ps is a printable PS file (test file or > generated from a program's printing function). There is a small PostScript test program shown in the ps2pcl filter section: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing-lpd.html#printing-lpd-filters-ps2pcl