From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 2 21:03:24 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id VAA15829 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 2 Aug 1995 21:03:24 -0700 Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with SMTP id VAA15823 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 1995 21:03:23 -0700 Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA08422; Thu, 3 Aug 95 04:03:21 GMT Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.38.193.4/SMI-4.1 (1.38.193.4)) id AA22799; Wed, 2 Aug 1995 22:03:20 -0600 Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 22:03:20 -0600 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Message-Id: <9508030403.AA22799@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> To: fadorno@ix.netcom.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199508021604.JAA29141@ix7.ix.netcom.com> (fadorno@ix.netcom.com) Subject: Re: Installation of Printer Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Fred" == Fred Adorno writes: Fred> How do I get freebsd to recognize my epson actionlaser 1500 Fred> on lpt1? Is this a plain old line printer? You can probably get away with the following entry in /etc/printcap: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ epson|Epson ActionLaser 1500:\ :lp=/dev/lpt1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson:mx#0:\ :if=/usr/libexec/lpr/lpf: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ And make the spooling directory: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mkdir -p /var/spool/lpd/epson chown daemon.daemon /var/spool/lpd/epson chmod 770 /var/spool/lpd/epson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't header pages? Add `:sh:' to the printcap entry. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis. -- Jack Handey