Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 13:21:20 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Livhu Tshisikule <livhu.tshisikule@telkomsa.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up Olivetti Job-Jet M400 printer on FBSD 5.2.1 Message-ID: <20040807131140.G35420@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <200408051658.39998.livhu.tshisikule@telkomsa.net> References: <200408051658.39998.livhu.tshisikule@telkomsa.net>
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On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Livhu Tshisikule wrote: > I am trying to install a printer on my machine. It has a USB connector. With > dmesg I can see that the printer has been detected as > > ulpt0: Olivetti Job_Jet M400, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2, iclass 7/1 > ulpt0: using bi-directional mode > > How can I test the printer? > > I tried lptest but it printed garbages. According to the Olivetti UK web page http://www.olivettitecnost.co.uk the M400 understands PCL3. Find a sample PostScript document and try rendering it with GhostScript and sending to the printer: gs -sDEVICE=pcl3 myfile.ps > /dev/ulpt0 -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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