Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 22:07:53 -0800 From: Chip <chip@wiegand.org> To: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lp daemon not running Message-ID: <00032022120300.00413@chip.homenet> References: <20000320192125.A236@parish>
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One more note about the lpd... I just ran top in xterm and saw lpd on the list as running in state select and priority 2. Yet I still get the daemon is not running errors with it showing in the process list. Chip On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Mark Ovens wrote: > On Sun, Mar 19, 2000 at 04:05:37PM -0800, Chip wrote: > > The printer is an Epson Stylus Color 400. > > I printed a test file from the regular Text Editor > > and that printed fine. I then printed this email from > > KMail and the header was: > > %!PS-Adobe-1.0 EPSF-3.0 > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > PostScript level 1 and EPSF is Encapsulated PS > > > It should be 1 page but printed two pages of stuff. > > But it did print the text eventually. > > It will do. the text you are trying to print *must* be there, it's > just mixed up in a ton of PostScript commands. > > You need to install ghostscript from the ports if you want anything > fancy, mind you if it's just plain text it should work OK anyway. > Which "regular Text Editor" were you using? Can you change it's > default printer to non-PostScript. > > If you go ahead and install ghostscript (which would be a good idea > anyway) take a look at http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/printer.html > where I've documented setting up an Epson Stylus 820. The stuff on the > first page you appear to have done already but follow one of the links > at the bottom (WP8 or StarOffice) for some info on using ghostscript > with Epson printers. It's not a ghostscript tutorial but it may be > useful to get you started. > > HTH > > > I also tried to print > > an image from Image Viewer, but got the same header. > > Below is the only line in my printcap file that is not commented: > > lp|Epson|local line printer:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:sh:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd: > > This was generated by Webmin, I suppose, I haven't > > done anything to affect printing or set up a printer. > > Hope this helps. > > > > Chip > > www.wiegand.org > > > > > > On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 19, 2000 at 02:18:22PM -0800, Chip wrote: > > > > Well, it works but the print jobs are just a lot of formatting codes > > > > Seems there must be some kind of filter I need now. > > > > This happens from the local machine and from the networked > > > > windows machines. > > > > Chip > > > > www.wiegand.org > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Mar 18, 2000 at 10:44:54PM -0800, Chip wrote: > > > > > > I am settin up samba on my bsd box and allowing the rest of the family > > > > > > to print to it, they use win98, win95 and linux. When I tested it the > > > > > > following error showed up in the Printer Queue window: > > > > > > Warning: no daemon present > > > > > > How do I fix this? > > > > > > > > > > > Well, we'll need a bit more info first :) > > > > > > What sort of printer is it? Is there any clue as to what the > > > formatting codes are? For example, Postscript files start: > > > > > > %!PS-Adobe-2.0 > > > %%Creator: > > > > > > > > > > > Add > > > > > > > > > > lpd_enable="YES" # Run the line printer daemon. > > > > > > > > > > to /etc/rc.conf to have it start automatically at boot time. To start > > > > > it immediately (without re-booting): > > > > > > > > > > # /usr/sbin/lpd > > > > > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > > > > > > Chip W > > > > > > www.wiegand.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Seminars, n.: > > > > > From "semi" and "arse", hence, any half-assed discussion. > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > > > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > > > > > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > > > > > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > -- > > > Seminars, n.: > > > From "semi" and "arse", hence, any half-assed discussion. > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > > > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > > > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > -- > Seminars, n.: > From "semi" and "arse", hence, any half-assed discussion. > ________________________________________________________________ > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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