Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:57:58 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jes=FAs_Arn=E1iz?= <jesus@pasapues.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printer Message-ID: <15086.16982.572860.727379@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <118588891@toto.iv>
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Jesús Arnáiz <jesus@pasapues.com> types: > Hi! > > I have a parallel port printer pluged on my FreeBSD machine. When I boot I see it > detect parallel port and lpt0 device. > > But I can't print, if I use lpd and lpq commands it say the device is busy and all my > works are in the printer spool waiting for it. > > If I do a > > # cat /etc/lpt0 > > it say "device is busy" again. That looks like a printer cable problem, or possibly a BIOS setting. Have you verifired that all the hardware works properly? <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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