Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 08:17:04 -0400 (EDT) From: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper) To: kaplan@cslab.tuwien.ac.at Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP Laserjet 5L Message-ID: <199609031217.IAA12022@elmer.ct.picker.com>
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On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Leon Kaplan wrote: > I followed the steps in the handbook but I just can't seem to > get this working: > > My HP 5L is on /dev/lpt0. When I try to "cat /etc/printcap > /dev/lpt0" then > (appart from the missing LF -> CR+LF translation) everything gets > printed _very_ slowly (1/2 page per minute). If I use a simple filter script > as the one below then I have the same problem. Could this be because of > interrupt driven mode? Should I switch to polling? Any experiences? Sounds familiar :) Try lptcontrol -p. Either that, or remove the other conflicting device on IRQ 7, if one exists (probably a sound card or a second parallel port). Randall Hopper rhh@ct.picker.com
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