Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 16:22:55 -0600 (MDT) From: Jonathon Doran <doranj@Colorado.EDU> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printer Setup Message-ID: <199907012222.QAA05699@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> In-Reply-To: <377BE416.765B06C6@gte.net> from "Parker Brown" at Jul 1, 99 02:56:38 pm
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> " lpr: lp: unknown printer" > > What I HAVE done so far: > - a MAKEDEV to create /dev/lpt0 Was it missing? It should be on all of the releases. You shouldn't need to use MAKEDEV unless you've built a custom kernel with non-standard devices. > - created a filter (/usr/local/libexec/hpif) verbatum from the online > Handbook > - altered /etc/printcap to > printer|lp|HP Desk......:\ > and added :if=/usr/local/libexec/hpif: > - created /etc/rc.local (lpcontrol -i) Manually start lpd for now... for the future alter /etc/rc.conf to contain: lpd_enable="YES" # Run the line printer daemon. Make sure your spool directory exists. Permissions and ownership as follows: 1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root daemon 512 Jun 11 10:26 epson The final step, is to use "lpc" to "start all". Jon Doran To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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