From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 30 18:06:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA26541 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:06:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (tnt3-26.HiWAAY.net [208.147.146.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA26522 for ; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:06:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (localhost.ampr.org [127.0.0.1]) by n4hhe.ampr.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA03924; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 19:20:36 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Message-Id: <199812010120.TAA03924@n4hhe.ampr.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: David Wolfskill cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Unix and FreeBSD In-reply-to: Message from David Wolfskill of "Mon, 30 Nov 1998 11:34:45 PST." <199811301934.LAA01270@pau-amma.whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 19:20:36 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG David Wolfskill writes: > Although I sympathize with respect to a lot of the hassle with "lp", > dealing with both PS & text has not been a problem for me (without > "special drivers") -- once I found out that the brain-dead > implementation of lpd in the JetDirect cards does have a mildly > redeeming feature: Recall that since that lpd treats the IP address of > the LaserJet as that of the server; it knows about multiple logical > printers reachable at that server, including one called "text". The other is "raw". Meanwhile HP's brain dead lpd will accept any printer name other than "raw" or "text". I think it defaults to raw. > (The reason I refer to that implementation of lpd as "brain-dead" is > that lpd is supposed to queue requests, as any other SPOOLiing system > does. I have seen no evidence that the lpd in question does so, nor > have I seen any evidence that it provides a negative acknowledgement > when an attempt is made to print something while the printer is already > busy. When FreeBSD's lpq blocks, I know my job is still on the brain dead HP. When the job clears the printer, lpq finally replies with something stupid. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message