Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 15:16:21 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Shpak <s_ain_t@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE + HP DeskJet 820cxi problem Message-ID: <20010213231621.7913.qmail@web122.yahoomail.com> In-Reply-To: <20010213153432.B2398@billygoat.slb.to>
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ok.. you the problem is that the printer does nothing no matter where i send the file. saying cp blah.txt > /dev/lpt0 does nothing.. sorry i forgot to mention that. it does not print in BSD no matter what. but it does in winXX.. any other suggestions ??? Peter --- Lucas Bergman <lucas@slb.to> wrote: > > i have an HP DeskJet 820Cxi (a win printer) and i > am running 4.2 > > Stable. I have configured apsfilter, but it does > not print the test > > page. the printer is recognized during bootup. > dmesg points out that > > it is connected on ppbus0. But sending text files > to /dev/ppbus0 > > results in nothing. > > You normally want to use /dev/lpt0, not /dev/ppbus0. > In fact, there's > (normally) no such node as /dev/ppbus0; you've > probably just been > creating a file called /dev/ppbus0. > > Lucas > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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