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From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Gavin=20Kenny?= <gavinkenny@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Printer Woes
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I'm trying to set up an HP 5m on my 4.1 box.

I've followed the steps in the Handbook and Complete
FreeBSD but to no avail.

I can print text and postscript to /dev/lpt0
but the text duly sufferes from the "staircase"
effect.

I've then gone on to to set up lpr with the following
printcap:

lp|lj|ps|local line printer:\
       :sh:\
      
:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:if=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
       :if=/usr/local/libexec/lpfilter:


I've used both the shell script in the Handbook and
the executable from Complete FreeBSD for the filter. I
don't know if either of these work.

When I send something to the printer the lights start
aflashing and up comes "Processing Job", followed by
"Data Recieved", unfortunately thats all. Nothing
actually comes out of the printer.

What's going wrong??  ideas?

Many thanks

Gavin


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