From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 29 23:01:24 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id XAA17324 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 29 Mar 1995 23:01:24 -0800 Received: from netcomsv.netcom.com (uucp13.netcom.com [163.179.3.13]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id XAA17318 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 1995 23:01:23 -0800 Received: from et.UUCP by netcomsv.netcom.com with UUCP (8.6.9/SMI-4.1) id WAA05572; Wed, 29 Mar 1995 22:55:47 -0800 Received: by pronex.com!et; Wed, 29 Mar 1995 14:54:13 X-Mailer: WinNET Mail, v2.11 Message-ID: <324@et.pronex.com> Reply-To: shane@et.pronex.com (Shane Anderson) To: questions@FreeBSD.org Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 14:54:13 Subject: Line Printer HPDJ 500 From: shane@et.pronex.com (Shane Anderson) Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk My system did not install a device "lp" ... so ... i have tried hacking the printcap to send to lpt0, which resulted in print jobs with no text written - pages of blanks. The USENIX 4.4 System Manager's Manual gives few examples. I am running a Deskjet 500 on my first parallel port. Any help or pointers to FAQ's or other docs would be great... shane ----- Shane G. Anderson Internet: shane@et.pronex.com shane@et.expressnet.org Voice : (800) 864-5778 Fax : (818) 783-8646