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Date:      Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:12:03 +0100
From:      dgmm <freebsd01@dgmm.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HP Deskjet 720C ...
Message-ID:  <200608132112.03422.freebsd01@dgmm.net>
In-Reply-To: <20060813112702.45967.qmail@web35607.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Sunday 13 August 2006 12:27, Girish Venkatachalam wrote:
> Did you try postscript printing with a2ps and LPD?
>
> If the printer listens at TCP port 515, then I think
> yo u are set. Make sure you have LPRng.
>
> To test that, just try telnet <hp-printer-ip> 515 and
> see if it connects.
>
> If that goes thro' you only have to export a shell
> variable and you can print.
>
> export PRINTER=lp@hp-printer-ip

FWIW an HP720c is bottom end inkjet, parallel only, windows GDI printer.


-- 
Dave



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