Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 19:14:59 -0700 From: Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez <mapsware@prodigy.net.mx> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printing problems .... Message-ID: <20140903191459.3f118c97@morena.maps.net> In-Reply-To: <5400A209.7030103@hiwaay.net> References: <5400A209.7030103@hiwaay.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
El Fri, 29 Aug 2014 10:53:45 -0500 "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> escribi=F3: >=20 >=20 > I am trying to get printing working under FBSD 9.3. I cribbed > printcap info from=20 > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing.html#= printing-quick-start=20 > & tried it out: >=20 Great, you started well, reading the manual >=20 > [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=20 > printer can print.\n2. This is the second line.\n" | lpr > [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:48:36am] 460 % lpq > no entries According with the next page http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Xerox/Xerox-Phaser_6130N The printer Xerox Phaser 6130N can print plain text, but in xerox.com it list PCL6 and PostScript drivers http://www.support.xerox.com/support/phaser-6130/downloads/enus.html?operat= ingSystem=3Dwinxp Since lpq said "no entries", the job was send to the printer, let see if we can diagnose why nothing was printed > [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:48:38am] 461 % (tail printcap ) > # :lp=3D/dev/lpt0:sd=3D/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=3D/var/log/lpd-errs: > # > # ... following cribbed from Athlon-cube, FC14 ;-) .... > # > # printer|Xerox Phaser 6130N:rm=3Djaguar.cfd.com:rp=3Dprinter: > # Cups-PDF|Cups-PDF:rm=3Djaguar.cfd.com:rp=3DCups-PDF: > # > # ... following cribbed from online FBSD LP docs .... > # > lp:lp=3D:rm=3Dprinter:rp=3Draw:sh:mx#0:sd=3D/var/spool/lpd/lp:lf=3D/var/l= og/lpd-errs: In the office I have a Xerox WorkCentre 5135 and I use "rp=3Dlp", try with that, "rp=3Draw" normally is for HP printers >=20 > Nothing ever comes out of the printer, thought it does light up, it=20 > seems to know it got something .... The job arrived to the printer, but maybe to the wrong queue (rp=3Draw) > The same printf stuff above works=20 > from the shell CLI on other Linux boxen (CUPS), so the printer can=20 > handle straight ASCII text .... TIA for any clues .... The package CUPS has filters included, the LPD/LPR system included in the base does not Even your printcap file does not specify a input-filter (if=3D) Read the next post (the part referring to how LPD/LPR works) http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2014-August/259926.html In conclusion, try changing rp=3Dlp and let us know what happen Martin Paredes
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20140903191459.3f118c97>