Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 20:19:31 +0800 From: Stephen Liu <satimis@icare.com.hk> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A question on installing printer Message-ID: <200403102019.31593.satimis@icare.com.hk> In-Reply-To: <44hdwy3phy.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <200403080839.14867.satimis@icare.com.hk> <200403091244.59171.satimis@icare.com.hk> <44hdwy3phy.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Wednesday 10 March 2004 01:21, Lowell Gilbert wrote: =2D snip - > > # lptest > /dev/lpt0 > > =A0 > > One line printed on 1st page as follow; > > > > !"#$%&'()* > > +,-./0123456789:;<=3D>?@ABCDEFGHIJK.....XYZ......abcdefghijk.......xyz.= =2E.. > > =A0 > > It seemed OK but paper feed-in continued with 'no_paper' light on (I put > > only 1 paper in the tray) > > Sounds fine. =A0 > > You have more configuration you'll want to do; see the Handbook > chapter for an extensive explanation. =A0Personally, I use apsfilter > (from the ports) to configure and run my Deskjet. Hi Lowell, Tks for your response. Later I also used 'apsfilter' to config my printer. The printtest looked=20 perfect, a complete page filled with nice tiger heads, text and grid border= =2E =20 But still I could not print documents. Hereinunder was my tests; /etc/printcap HPDJ690C|cdj670;r=3D300x300;q=3Dmedium;c=3Dfull;p=3Da4;m=3Dauto:\ =A0 =A0 :lp=3D/dev/lpt0:\ =A0 =A0 :if=3D/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\ =A0 =A0 :sd=3D/var/spool/lpd/HPDJ690C:\ =A0 =A0 :lf=3D/var/spool/lpd/HPDJ690C/log:\ =A0 =A0 :af=3D/var/spool/lpd/HPDJ690C/acct:\ =A0 =A0 :mx#0:\ =A0 =A0 :sh: =46ollowing line added to /etc/rc.conf lpd_enable=3D"YES" # lpr -P HPDJ690C clean.txt Only strange symbols printed. 'No paper' light was flashing. =20 # lprm -P HPDJ690C dfA006localhost dequeued cfA006localhost dequeued =20 # lpq -P HPDJ690C no entries =20 But 'No paper' light was still flashing. Turned off the printer and turned = on=20 again the light gone. (I put only one paper on the tray otherwise the print= er=20 will contiue to eject papers) =20 On KDE desktop started a text document Started printing =46ile -> Print Print system currently used <Generic UNIX LPD Print System (default)> Printer Name - HPDJ690C Clicked <Print> =20 Only strange symbols printed out and 'no paper' light flashing.=20 =20 Remark: also tried Print system currently used <LPR/LPRng Print System> same result:- strange symbols and light flashing A folk on this list mentioning > Once you do this you can insert setup codes via an input filter ahead of > the data to be printed and most printers including many HP models have a > code which switches the interpretation of the LF character. I have no idea how to make it and am still waiting his advice. I am searching around for solutions but still could not find it. =20 B.R. Stephen
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