Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 13:19:44 -0700 From: "Gary Godfrey" <ezduzit@home.com> To: "freebsd questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: HP deskjet 690C setup Problems Message-ID: <000101bdea54$2b4fbb80$2f217118@CR830434-A.mplrdg1.bc.wave.home.com>
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Following the directions in the handbook pages 65 -91 on printer setup I
have now exhausted all my options and have to post this message. ;-)
1. before i changed or added anything i checked /dev for lpt0 it was there.
2. lptest > /dev/lpt0 produced 1st page with one line of text 3 form fed
pages of nothing.
3. edited /etc/printcap as follows:
prn | lp | hp |HP | Hewlett Packard 690C:\ # spaces between pipes are for
clarity
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/lpt0:\
:sd=/var/spool/hp:\
# :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:if=/usr/local/libexec/hpif:\
:lf=/var/log/hp-log:
4. created directory /var/spool/hp
5. chown daemon.daemon /var/spool/hp
6. chmod 770 /var/spool/hp
7. ls -l produced the following
/var/spool/hp drwxrwx--
/var/spool drwxr-xr-x
/var drwxr-xr-x
8. lptest 20 5 | lpr -P hp <=== produced
lpr: connect: no such file or directory
jobs queued, but cannot start daemon
9. no log file generated
10. lpq -P hp <=== produced
Warning: no daemon present # also all my jobs were there 10 of
them ;-)
11. Text Filter follows:
#!/bin/sh
#
# hpif - Simple text input filter for lpd for HP-PCL based printers
# Installed in /usr/local/libexec/hpif
#
# Simply copies stdin to stdout. Ignores all filter arguments.
# Tells printer to treat LF ad CR+LF. Writes a form feed character
# after printing job
#
printf "\033&k2G" && cat && printf "\f" && exit 0
exit 2
12. chmod 555 /usr/local/libexec/hpif # make it executable
13. prior to this filter I also used the standard "if-simple" filter to no
avail.
14. lptest 20 5 | lpr -P hp <===produces
15. after all the changes 4 pages of nothing just 4 form feeds.
Thanks for the help
Gary
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