Date: Sat, 5 Aug 1995 22:29:50 -0600 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) To: fadorno@ix.netcom.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printcap setup for Epson ActionLaser 1500 Message-ID: <9508060429.AA13665@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <199508060348.UAA20037@ix2.ix.netcom.com> (fadorno@ix.netcom.com)
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>>>>> "Fred" == Fred Adorno <fadorno@ix.netcom.com> writes:
Fred> Sean, I followed your instructions. The program is talking
Fred> to my printer. However, it just prints garbage and form
Fred> feeds forever. Don't I need to make a device driver for the
Fred> hardware?
If it's on a parallel port, then you already have the device driver,
and you talk to the device driver through /dev/lpt0.
Fred> Do I need to put some variables in printcap to control form
Fred> feed and speed info?
Since it's on a parallel port, there isn't any speed info to set up.
The only form feed information you can put in /etc/printcap is what
string to send as a form feed, whether to print a form feed when
opening the device, or whether to suppress them altogether.
Let's narrow down the problem. Without using lpr at all, type
lptest 70 10 > /dev/lpt0
and tell me what comes out of your printer. You might have to wait a
moment for the printer to realize there's no more data arriving before
it starts printing.
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA
TASK: Shoot yourself in the foot. In FORTH: Foot in yourself shoot.
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