Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 09:03:25 +0200 From: Zsolt Udvari <udvzsolt@gmail.com> To: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: printing problems .... Message-ID: <CADtCJqrt8eVxuOnABBRZTBF8KcSMUjhB5ErKOZAK-GiBJ=pK7g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <540103B9.4020905@hiwaay.net> References: <5400A209.7030103@hiwaay.net> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1408291627530.78665@wonkity.com> <540103B9.4020905@hiwaay.net>
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Maybe you'll need a filter, like in my case, see [1]. Zsolt [1] http://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=47147&p=263381&hilit=ml2010#p263580 2014-08-30 0:50 GMT+02:00 William A. Mahaffey III <wam@hiwaay.net>: > > On 08/29/14 17:36, Warren Block wrote: >> >> On Fri, 29 Aug 2014, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> I am trying to get printing working under FBSD 9.3. I cribbed printcap >>> info from >>> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing.html#printing-quick-start >>> & tried it out: >>> >>> >>> [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:48:04am] 458 % service lpd status >>> lpd is running as pid 27062. >>> [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:48:06am] 459 % printf "From jaguar:\n1. This >>> printer can print.\n2. This is the second line.\n" | lpr >>> [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:48:36am] 460 % lpq >>> no entries >>> [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:48:38am] 461 % (tail printcap ) >>> # :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: >>> # >>> # ... following cribbed from Athlon-cube, FC14 ;-) .... >>> # >>> # printer|Xerox Phaser 6130N:rm=jaguar.cfd.com:rp=printer: >>> # Cups-PDF|Cups-PDF:rm=jaguar.cfd.com:rp=Cups-PDF: >>> # >>> # ... following cribbed from online FBSD LP docs .... >>> # >>> >>> lp:lp=:rm=printer:rp=raw:sh:mx#0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: >> >> >> "raw" is an HP standard queue name. The manual for the Xerox 6130N says >> (for Mac setup) to leave the queue name blank. >> > > > Tried that, still nogo .... I eventually got enscript installed, that will > allow me to print ASCII files by converting them to .ps on the fly .... > That's good enough for now .... Thx .... > > > > -- > > William A. Mahaffey III > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war > ever devised by man." > -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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