Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 15:41:14 -0500 From: "Charles Pelletier" <fozekizer@attbi.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: HP laserjetIII compatibility? Message-ID: <001501c20107$d9cf8550$32040101@hume> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10205202250360.23706-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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thanks for the input.i'll write back when everything's working again. --charlie pelletier --litmus(mp3.com/litmus) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annelise Anderson" <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: "Richard Mahoney" <rbm49@ext.canterbury.ac.nz> Cc: <fozekizer@attbi.com>; "Subscribers to FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 12:57 AM Subject: Re: HP laserjetIII compatibility? > On Tue, 21 May 2002, Richard Mahoney wrote: > > > On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 07:56:40PM +0000, fozekizer@attbi.com wrote: > > > Can someone point me to a location that has a good > > > printcap for an HP LaserJet III? I am having problems > > > getting FreeBSD 4.3R to communicate with the printer. I > > > am using printcap, if-simple, and other necessary items > > > directly from the FreeBSD handbook, but, nothing wants > > > to communicate with the printer (which, btw, works > > > beautifully, but not in FREEBSD at the moment) > > > > apsfilter-7.2.2 > > > > Many regards, > > > > Richard Mahoney > > > The LaserJet III uses the Hewlett-Packard PCL language and does not > do postscript; apsfilter causes it to emulate postscript. > > If you want to print a text file on your LJ III with the default > printcap entry, you can change the line endings with unix2dos (this > is a port). Then you should be able to cat the file to /dev/lpt0 > (if that's where the printer is) or type lpr -Plp <filename>. > > That at least will ensure that you can communicate with the printer. > > I wrote a port (called pclprint) for printing on PCL LaserJets by > putting the necessary PCL language codes in the document. However > it is so hard to use I hardly ever used it myself. > > Annelise > > -- > Annelise Anderson > Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC > Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com > Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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