Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:11:00 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: reg@dwf.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems setting up printer. Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1509111307440.83821@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20150911175413.c08049f7.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <201509110349.t8B3nf1s025683@deneb.dwf.com> <20150911144242.c8c25999.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1509110812160.6365@wonkity.com> <20150911175413.c08049f7.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Fri, 11 Sep 2015, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 08:19:31 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: >> On Fri, 11 Sep 2015, Polytropon wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 21:49:41 -0600, reg@dwf.com wrote: >>>> >>>> I've read and reread the printers section of the >>>> Handbook, but haven't been able to put together >>>> a printcap that will print. >>>> >>>> I have a Postscript HPLJ4100. >>>> It exists with that name in the dns. >>>> >>>> lp:\ >>>> :/lp:=9100@HPLJ4100:\ >>>> :sh:\ >>>> :mx#0:\ >>>> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ >>>> :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ >>>> :if=/usr/local/libexec/enscript: >>> >>> You're missing rm= I think, which is essential. >> >> For HP port 9100 printing, there is the alternate form of >> 9100@printername. Which, now that I look at that line, has two >> problems: >> >> :/lp:=9100@HPLJ4100:\ >> >> The slash before "lp" here is a mistake. > > Yes, that's something which looked strange to me, too, > that's why I posted one of my printcap entries for > comparison. > > > >> The colon after "lp" is the second problem. Colons are field >> separators, so the printer device is never set. > > Which explains why the printer doesn't print. With the > setting "lp=9100@HPLJ4100", and "HPLJ4100" being resolvable, > the correct printer IP and port should be addressed. > > By the way, it's easy to test that with netcat: > > % nc HPLJ4100 9100 < /tmp/print.ps This is shown in the Handbook "Direct Printing" section: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing-lpd.html > where /tmp/print.ps is a printable PS file (test file or > generated from a program's printing function). There is a small PostScript test program shown in the ps2pcl filter section: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing-lpd.html#printing-lpd-filters-ps2pcl
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