Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 13:03:43 -0600 From: Bob Giesen <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> To: "Jeff Jeter" <gsfgf@hotmail.com>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Print configuration Message-ID: <E16aLjm-0003rf-00@swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <OE685Rw1SSfWXWzRPTN000001a0@hotmail.com> References: <OE685Rw1SSfWXWzRPTN000001a0@hotmail.com>
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When you issue the following command, do you get similar results? $ dmesg|grep lpt lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port If so, your printer is being recognized by the kernel, at least. You mentioned sending the ps file to "lpt0." Did you type it exactly like that and was your PWD /dev? Try sending it to /dev/lpt0, if that's not where you really directed it. If you have a ps printer (and few are), it should work. If your printer doesn't recognize ps, you should get a bunch of garbage printed out. In that case, in order to print postscript, you will need to filter it through something (like ghostscript -- which could be called indirectly, through ghostview or some other app) that will use a special driver for your printer so that it prints what you want to see. You should consider setting up lpd (though there are other ways of printing). Someone else may give you a quick fix, here, but you might want to read up a bit on printing configuration. (Someday, you'll probably have a different printer) A good place to start is in FBSD's documentation. Point your browser to: file:///usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing.html For some more good stuff (including drivers, if you need one), check out http://www.linuxprinting.org/. I'd start w/ the FBSD docs, though. Cheers, Bob On Saturday 09 February 2002 04:28 pm, Jeff Jeter wrote: > I am setting up a standared paralell port printer on my FreeBSD > system. (HP DeskJet 722c) I'm not sure if its post-script of > plain text, but i have tried both ways. I cannot access it w/ > lpttest > lpt0 or cat /printtest > lpt0. /preinntest is a > postscript file. I believe i have set the print stuff up correctly > in the kernel config. > > Thanks, > Jeff Jeter > > Kernel config: > # > # GENERIC -- Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/i386 > # > # For more information on this file, please read the handbook > section on # Kernel Configuration Files: > # > # http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html > # > # The handbook is also available locally in /usr/share/doc/handbook > # if you've installed the doc distribution, otherwise always see > the # FreeBSD World Wide Web server (http://www.FreeBSD.org/) for > the # latest information. > # > # An exhaustive list of options and more detailed explanations of > the # device lines is also present in the ./LINT configuration > file. If you are # in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a > line, check first in LINT. # > # $FreeBSD: src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v 1.246.2.34 2001/08/12 > 13:13:46 joerg Exp $ > > machine i386 > cpu I386_CPU > cpu I486_CPU > cpu I586_CPU > cpu I686_CPU > ident GENERIC > maxusers 32 > > #makeoptions DEBUG=-g #Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols > > options MATH_EMULATE #Support for x87 emulation > options INET #InterNETworking > options INET6 #IPv6 communications protocols > options FFS #Berkeley Fast Filesystem > options FFS_ROOT #FFS usable as root device [keep this!] > options SOFTUPDATES #Enable FFS soft updates support > options MFS #Memory Filesystem > options MD_ROOT #MD is a potential root device > options NFS #Network Filesystem > options NFS_ROOT #NFS usable as root device, NFS required > options MSDOSFS #MSDOS Filesystem > options CD9660 #ISO 9660 Filesystem > options CD9660_ROOT #CD-ROM usable as root, CD9660 required > options PROCFS #Process filesystem > options COMPAT_43 #Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!] > options SCSI_DELAY=15000 #Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI > options UCONSOLE #Allow users to grab the console > options USERCONFIG #boot -c editor > options VISUAL_USERCONFIG #visual boot -c editor > options KTRACE #ktrace(1) support > options SYSVSHM #SYSV-style shared memory > options SYSVMSG #SYSV-style message queues > options SYSVSEM #SYSV-style semaphores > options P1003_1B #Posix P1003_1B real-time extensions > options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING > options ICMP_BANDLIM #Rate limit bad replies > options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV # install a CDEV entry in /dev > > # To make an SMP kernel, the next two are needed > #options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel > #options APIC_IO # Symmetric (APIC) I/O > > #Wine stuff > options USER_LDT > options SYSVSHM > options SYSVSEM > options SYSVMSG > > device isa > device eisa > device pci > > # Floppy drives > device fdc0 at isa? port IO_FD1 irq 6 drq 2 > device fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 > device fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 > # > # If you have a Toshiba Libretto with its Y-E Data PCMCIA floppy, > # don't use the above line for fdc0 but the following one: > #device fdc0 > > # ATA and ATAPI devices > device ata0 at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14 > device ata1 at isa? port IO_WD2 irq 15 > device ata > device atadisk # ATA disk drives > device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives > device atapifd # ATAPI floppy drives > device atapist # ATAPI tape drives > options ATA_STATIC_ID #Static device numbering > > # SCSI Controllers > device ahb # EISA AHA1742 family > device ahc # AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices > device amd # AMD 53C974 (Tekram DC-390(T)) > device isp # Qlogic family > device ncr # NCR/Symbios Logic > device sym # NCR/Symbios Logic (newer chipsets) > options SYM_SETUP_LP_PROBE_MAP=0x40 > # Allow ncr to attach legacy NCR devices when > # both sym and ncr are configured > > device adv0 at isa? > device adw > device bt0 at isa? > device aha0 at isa? > device aic0 at isa? > > device ncv # NCR 53C500 > device nsp # Workbit Ninja SCSI-3 > device stg # TMC 18C30/18C50 > > # SCSI peripherals > device scbus # SCSI bus (required) > device da # Direct Access (disks) > device sa # Sequential Access (tape etc) > device cd # CD > device pass # Passthrough device (direct SCSI access) > > # RAID controllers interfaced to the SCSI subsystem > device asr # DPT SmartRAID V, VI and Adaptec SCSI RAID > device dpt # DPT Smartcache - See LINT for options! > device mly # Mylex AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID > > # RAID controllers > device aac # Adaptec FSA RAID, Dell PERC2/PERC3 > device ida # Compaq Smart RAID > device amr # AMI MegaRAID > device mlx # Mylex DAC960 family > device twe # 3ware Escalade > > # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse > device atkbdc0 at isa? port IO_KBD > device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1 > device psm0 at atkbdc? irq 12 > > device vga0 at isa? > > # splash screen/screen saver > pseudo-device splash > > # syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console > device sc0 at isa? flags 0x100 > > # Enable this and PCVT_FREEBSD for pcvt vt220 compatible console > driver #device vt0 at isa? > #options XSERVER # support for X server on a vt console > #options FAT_CURSOR # start with block cursor > # If you have a ThinkPAD, uncomment this along with the rest of the > PCVT lines #options PCVT_SCANSET=2 # IBM keyboards are non-std > > # Floating point support - do not disable. > device npx0 at nexus? port IO_NPX irq 13 > > # Power management support (see LINT for more options) > device apm0 at nexus? disable flags 0x20 # Advanced Power > Management > > # PCCARD (PCMCIA) support > device card > device pcic0 at isa? irq 0 port 0x3e0 iomem 0xd0000 > device pcic1 at isa? irq 0 port 0x3e2 iomem 0xd4000 disable > > # Serial (COM) ports > device sio0 at isa? port IO_COM1 flags 0x10 irq 4 > device sio1 at isa? port IO_COM2 irq 3 > device sio2 at isa? disable port IO_COM3 irq 5 > device sio3 at isa? disable port IO_COM4 irq 9 > > # Parallel port > device ppc0 at isa? irq 7 > device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required) > device lpt0 # Printer > device plip # TCP/IP over parallel > device ppi # Parallel port interface device > device vpo # Requires scbus and da > > > # PCI Ethernet NICs. > device de # DEC/Intel DC21x4x (``Tulip'') > device txp # 3Com 3cR990 (``Typhoon'') > device vx # 3Com 3c590, 3c595 (``Vortex'') > > # PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code. > # NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use > these NICs! device miibus # MII bus support > device dc # DEC/Intel 21143 and various workalikes > device fxp # Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558) > device pcn # AMD Am79C97x PCI 10/100 NICs > device rl # RealTek 8129/8139 > device sf # Adaptec AIC-6915 (``Starfire'') > device sis # Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900/SiS 7016 > device ste # Sundance ST201 (D-Link DFE-550TX) > device tl # Texas Instruments ThunderLAN > device tx # SMC EtherPower II (83c170 ``EPIC'') > device vr # VIA Rhine, Rhine II > device wb # Winbond W89C840F > device wx # Intel Gigabit Ethernet Card (``Wiseman'') > device xl # 3Com 3c90x (``Boomerang'', ``Cyclone'') > > # ISA Ethernet NICs. > # 'device ed' requires 'device miibus' > device ed0 at isa? port 0x280 irq 10 iomem 0xd8000 > device ex > device ep > device fe0 at isa? port 0x300 > # Xircom Ethernet > device xe > # PRISM I IEEE 802.11b wireless NIC. > device awi > # WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 wireless NICs. Note: the WaveLAN/IEEE really > # exists only as a PCMCIA device, so there is no ISA attachment > needed # and resources will always be dynamically assigned by the > pccard code. device wi > # Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs. Note: the declaration > below will # work for PCMCIA and PCI cards, as well as ISA cards > set to ISA PnP # mode (the factory default). If you set the > switches on your ISA # card for a manually chosen I/O address and > IRQ, you must specify # those parameters here. > device an > # The probe order of these is presently determined by > i386/isa/isa_compat.c. device ie0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 10 iomem > 0xd0000 > #device le0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 5 iomem 0xd0000 > device lnc0 at isa? port 0x280 irq 10 drq 0 > device cs0 at isa? port 0x300 > device sn0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 10 > > # Pseudo devices - the number indicates how many units to allocate. > pseudo-device loop # Network loopback > pseudo-device ether # Ethernet support > pseudo-device sl 1 # Kernel SLIP > pseudo-device ppp 1 # Kernel PPP > pseudo-device tun # Packet tunnel. > pseudo-device pty # Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc) > pseudo-device md # Memory "disks" > pseudo-device gif # IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling > pseudo-device faith 1 # IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying (translation) > > # The `bpf' pseudo-device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter. > # Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this! > pseudo-device bpf #Berkeley packet filter > > # USB support > device uhci # UHCI PCI->USB interface > device ohci # OHCI PCI->USB interface > device usb # USB Bus (required) > device ugen # Generic > device uhid # "Human Interface Devices" > device ukbd # Keyboard > device ulpt # Printer > device umass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da > device ums # Mouse > device uscanner # Scanners > # USB Ethernet, requires mii > device aue # ADMtek USB ethernet > device cue # CATC USB ethernet > device kue # Kawasaki LSI USB ethernet > > #Sound Card > device pcm -- "A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?" -- Albert Einstein (1879-1955) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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