From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 21 10:28:43 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bab71-131.optonline.net (bab71-131.optonline.net [167.206.71.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DB45150E7 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 1999 10:28:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pete@postpagan.com) Received: from postpagan.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bab71-131.optonline.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA00590 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 1999 13:29:17 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from pete@postpagan.com) Message-ID: <36F53A75.38511E6F@postpagan.com> Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 13:29:11 -0500 From: pete collins X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: printing weirdness Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i am using the print filter i compiled from the cd rom /books/scripts/lpfilter.c i have an HP 5P lazerjet printer if i send lptest | lpr to the printer it prints out fine however if i try cat myfile | lpr the light blinks but nothing prints then if i try lptest | lpr it prints myfile and the lptest stuff it seems the printer is not ejecting the last page so the later stuff comes up on the lptest and it seems the only way i can force the printer to print is with lptest also if i try to print a web page from netscape it prints out the postscript in ascii format am i using the correct print filter? thanks pete To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message