Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:41:34 -0400 From: William Bulley <web@umich.edu> To: Nikola Lecic <nlecic@EUnet.yu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: odd HP 1320 printer behaviour... Message-ID: <20070710134134.GD61945@dell1>
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According to Nikola Lecic <nlecic@EUnet.yu>:
>
> Do you have any ulpt0 configuration in /etc/rc.local? If the printer
> port is interrupt-driven, try polled standard mode, i.e. add
>
> lptcontrol -p -d /dev/[printer-port]
>
> to your /etc/rc.local. The kind of behaviour you described can occur in
> the interrupt mode (including cutting pages, printing them in chunks,
> etc.).
>
> Also try to switch the printer to the parallel port; if both can serve
> the printer, I'd always use the parallel one.
>
> If this doesn't help, please post here the content of your /etc/printcap
> and 'dmesg | grep ulpt0'.
I have no /etc/rc.local file on this machine.
Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't lptcontrol(8) deal
with the parallel port printer? I have USB connected.
Parallel port connection is unfeasible in my situation.
> "content of your /etc/printcap":
lp|default|hp|HP|ps|PS|Hewlett Packard LaserJet 1320 PostScript Printer:\
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/ulpt0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:mx#0:
> 'dmesg | grep ulpt0':
ulpt0: Hewlett-Packard hp LaserJet 1320 series, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 5, iclass 7/1
ulpt0: using bi-directional mode
ulpt0: at uhub0 port 2 (addr 5) disconnected
ulpt0: detached
ulpt0: Hewlett-Packard hp LaserJet 1320 series, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 5, iclass 7/1
ulpt0: using bi-directional mode
ulpt0: at uhub0 port 2 (addr 5) disconnected
ulpt0: detached
ulpt0: Hewlett-Packard hp LaserJet 1320 series, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 5, iclass 7/1
ulpt0: using bi-directional mode
ulpt0: offline
ulpt0: at uhub0 port 2 (addr 5) disconnected
ulpt0: detached
ulpt0: Hewlett-Packard hp LaserJet 1320 series, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 5, iclass 7/1
ulpt0: using bi-directional mode
Regards,
web...
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William Bulley Email: web@umich.edu
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