From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 11 11:25: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from itouch.co.nz (itouch.co.nz [203.99.66.188]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAC5D37B404 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 11:24:45 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by itouch.co.nz (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f0BJNp575515; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 08:23:51 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 08:23:51 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Matt Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printing to an Epson 850 with samba Message-ID: <20010112082351.A75289@itouchnz.itouch> References: <200101111658550140.00169969@smtp.ihug.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200101111658550140.00169969@smtp.ihug.com.au>; from m_s@ihug.com.au on Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 04:58:55PM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 04:58:55PM +1030, Matt wrote: > Hi, > > I have an Epson 850 ink jet printer connected to my > freebsd 4.0R box. When I try and print, it will often print > half or 3/4 of a page, and then just stop. The hardware > is fine (works on same box under windows). > I have only been using it as a print server, through samba. > I connected the printer, and use the share \lp that is > set up in samba by default, with not configuration of > the printer in freebsd. > Could someone please point me in the right diection? Did you remember to put the mx#0 attribute for your printer in /etc/printcap? -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I don't want to achive immortality through my works.. I want to achieve it through not dying" - Woody Allen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message