From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 3 00:45:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA19088 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:45:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA19082 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:45:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA22871; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:45:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:45:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: "Alan B. Stone" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printer Setup In-Reply-To: <35745554.33FF0C24@zam0.attnet.or.jp> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Alan B. Stone wrote: > Hi, > > I configure the /etc/printcap file and ran the lptest as shown in the > book. No problems there, all the test past. However, when I try to > print anything else I get Postscript. I compiled and install the > lpfilter also, but to no avail. I have an HP DeskJet 855C, and I can't > seem to get it to print. Can you provide any words of wisdom? Is your input filter specified correctly in printcap? Have you kill -HUP'd lpd? Test your filter by running it from the command line: cat file_to_print | /path/to/filter > file If your script is erroring you'll see it on the console or in the output file. Sounds like you're not running gs properly. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message