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Date:      Thu, 11 Mar 1999 17:04:03 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@iafrica.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kern/10253: FreeBSD freeze while paper out.
Message-ID:  <1908.921164643@axl.noc.iafrica.com>

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Hi folks,

The following was filed as a PR, but looks more like a candidate for
this mailing list. I've closed the PR.

Thanks,
Sheldon.

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                           Problem Report kern/10253
     

   FreeBSD freeze while paper out.

   Environment

        FreeBSD-2.2.{6,7,8}-stable, lpd, ghostscript-5.10.

   Description                      

        I am use gs as converter postscript->HP LJ 5l.
     
        If paper is out in printer, freebsd some times freeze.
        It pings but no any more. Console hangs too..
   
        IT I insert paper to printer...work resumes.
   
   How-To-Repeat
     

/etc/printcap:
     
ps:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/ps:\
lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:if=/usr/local/bin/ps2hp4:sh:sf:mx#0:
   
/usr/local/bin/ps2hp4:
#!/bin/sh
# cat not required, I don't remember...:)
     
/bin/cat | exec /usr/local/bin/gs -q -sDEVICE=ljet4 -r300x300 \
    -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -sOutputFile=- -



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