Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:24:01 +1000 From: james <jamesb@nelsonbay.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Printing Problems on an HP 4MP on a LAN Message-ID: <v04020a02b3c43448ef79@[203.12.6.49]> In-Reply-To: <19990728125550.O66861@freebie.lemis.com> References: <v04020a03b3c3fee06229@[203.12.6.49]>; from james on Wed, Jul 28, 1999 at 11:02:47AM %2B1000 <v04020a03b3c3fee06229@[203.12.6.49]> <199907280156.LAA97132@ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au> <v04020a03b3c41603d210@[203.12.6.49]> <v04020a03b3c3fee06229@[203.12.6.49]> <199907280156.LAA97132@ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au> <v04020a03b3c3fee06229@[203.12.6.49]> <199907280156.LAA97132@ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au> <v04020a03b3c3fee06229@[203.12.6.49]>
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Hi, >>>> Q1, Whats the command(s) to get an hp ps printer to work. The freeBSD >>>> system is the server to a few other systems. So far, the printer prints >>>> one line per page. >>> >>> I assume this is when you are trying to print a flat text file? If so, you >>> either need to convert to file to postscript (e.g. with a2ps or apsfilter >>> or by some homegrown thingy which tacks a postscript header on the top) or >>> convert the file with unix2dos or the like so that its a DOS/WIN style >>> text file. > >This isn't necessarily correct. I have an HP 6MP (the P stands for >PostScript), and it will print either PostScript or plain text if sent >it while idle. Send one format after the other while it's printing, >and it'll get confused. As a result, it's better to send it only >PostScript, but you don't have to. If you send it normal text when >it's expecting PostScript, it'll print nothing. If you send it >PostScript when it's expecting normal text, it'll print the PostScript >out in normal text. > >James, you could have said which model you have. The printer is a HP 4MP. >> Two typical cases of printing: either from word97 on the lan, or from lp >> directly on Unix. >If you send lp directly, it'll be plain text. Exactly right. > This is beginning to >sound like a staircase problem. What happens if you print a number of >very short lines (< 10 characters per line)? The problem is how to setup a postscript printer for a lan server. >> What I dont know is what command do I type on the command line to get the >> printer that the lan knows about to print documents sent to it from the >> word97 program. > >If you're using something like the 6MP, and you have the program set >up for the printer, you don't need to do anything. Well, what I did do was send a print request from word97 on a mac connected the the freeBSD server and it prints rubbish on the hp 4mp printer. So, if anyone knows what commands to enter to set up a hp 4mp printer on freeBSD ( or where they are discribed ) it would be greatly appreciated. thanks, james. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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