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Date:      Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:11:34 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer
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On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote:

> I changed /etc/printcap, and two blank pages came out but blank :(

Okay, it's progress.  And good news, that printer understands plain 
ASCII and PCL3.

Make certain lpd is running (pgrep lpd), then try the test shown in the 
article:

   % printf “This is a test\r\n\f” | lpr
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