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Date:      Wed, 2 Aug 1995 22:03:20 -0600
From:      kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly)
To:        fadorno@ix.netcom.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installation of Printer
Message-ID:  <9508030403.AA22799@emu.fsl.noaa.gov>
In-Reply-To: <199508021604.JAA29141@ix7.ix.netcom.com> (fadorno@ix.netcom.com)

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>>>>> "Fred" == Fred Adorno <fadorno@ix.netcom.com> 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



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