Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 19:53:23 -0400 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: joshualokken@attbi.com, FBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Printer setup, DeskJet 820Cse Message-ID: <p05111766b906000ff9cb@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <C72ZC707SM51423VGDXV2YIGDB2X74LG.3ce02f53@inspector2> References: <C72ZC707SM51423VGDXV2YIGDB2X74LG.3ce02f53@inspector2>
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At 2:25 PM -0700 5/13/02, inspector.us@omicnet.com wrote: >Hello > >In reference to a DeskJet 820Cse on FBSD 4.5R: > >/etc/printcap is set up for lp. I used the if-simple script >from the handbook. I have read the chapter on printing (hdbk), >and the man pages for lpc, lpr, lptest. > >dmesg shows that FreeBSD sees and recognizes lpt0 on ppbus0. > >lpc status all tells me printing is enabled, spooling enabled, >printer idle. > >Still, I receive no output from either lptest or sending a text >file to the spooler. What am I missing? In what way are you using lptest? If lptest > /dev/lpt0 does not work, then there isn't much reason to believe that anything else will work. I do a lot of the work with lpr, lpc & friends on freebsd, but I do not know much about locally-connected printers. (all I work with are network-connected printers) -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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