Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 22:41:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Leon Kaplan <kaplan@cslab.tuwien.ac.at> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP Laserjet 5L Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960830224112.267O-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199608300820.KAA13342@trick.cslab.tuwien.ac.at>
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On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Leon Kaplan wrote: > I followed the steps in the handbook but I just can't seem to > get this working: > > My HP 5L is on /dev/lpt0. When I try to "cat /etc/printcap > /dev/lpt0" then > (appart from the missing LF -> CR+LF translation) everything gets > printed _very_ slowly (1/2 page per minute). If I use a simple filter script > as the one below then I have the same problem. Could this be because of > interrupt driven mode? Should I switch to polling? Any experiences? Try polled mode. It sounds like an IRQ problem. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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