Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 13:57:49 -0700 (PDT) From: <keith@mail.telestream.com> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lptest Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10005011355580.2219-100000@mail.telestream.com> In-Reply-To: <390DE86B.9A83FE4B@3-cities.com>
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Actualy, discoverd that printers work quite well if you have an ink cart. in them. :) Just have to figure out now how best to get a non-postscript printer to print normaly. Haven't a clue as to how to get an Epson Stylus Photo EX To print properly. Keith ================================= I here by change the name of RedHat to RedSplat. Keith W. At the helm <for better or worse> ================================= On Mon, 1 May 2000, Kent Stewart wrote: > > > keith@mail.telestream.com wrote: > > > > I've been mucking about with a trying to get a printer rolling for a bit > > now. I've read everything relating to it in > > "The Complete FreeBSD 3rd edition" and can't get it to work. I keep > > getting the following messages > > > > #] lptest > /dev/lpt0 > > bash: /dev/lpt0: Device busy > > #] > > > > Why would it tell me the device is busy? The status file for lpd gives > > this message > > > > #] lptest 20 5 | lpr > > #] cat status > > waiting for lp to become ready (offline?) > > Do a man on lpc. Sometimes you have to do things like "lpc enable all" or to down and > up the printer(s). > > Kent > > > #] > > > > Any ideas ? > > > > Keith > > > > ================================= > > I here by change the name > > of RedHat to RedSplat. > > > > Keith W. > > At the helm <for better or worse> > > ================================= > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com > http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html > FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME > http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ > > Hunting Archibald Stewart, b 1802 in Ballymena, Antrim Co., NIR > http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/genealogy/archibald_stewart.html > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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