Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 16:36:29 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: printing problems .... Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1408291627530.78665@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <5400A209.7030103@hiwaay.net> References: <5400A209.7030103@hiwaay.net>
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2014, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > > > I am trying to get printing working under FBSD 9.3. I cribbed printcap info > from > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing.html#printing-quick-start > & tried it out: > > > [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:48:04am] 458 % service lpd status > lpd is running as pid 27062. > [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:48:06am] 459 % printf "From jaguar:\n1. This printer > can print.\n2. This is the second line.\n" | lpr > [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:48:36am] 460 % lpq > no entries > [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:48:38am] 461 % (tail printcap ) > # :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > # > # ... following cribbed from Athlon-cube, FC14 ;-) .... > # > # printer|Xerox Phaser 6130N:rm=jaguar.cfd.com:rp=printer: > # Cups-PDF|Cups-PDF:rm=jaguar.cfd.com:rp=Cups-PDF: > # > # ... following cribbed from online FBSD LP docs .... > # > lp:lp=:rm=printer:rp=raw:sh:mx#0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: "raw" is an HP standard queue name. The manual for the Xerox 6130N says (for Mac setup) to leave the queue name blank.
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