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Date:      Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:27:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Slyce <slyce@onramp.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Still cannot print...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980603002631.22038t-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3573FCE5.9F784A8@onramp.net>

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On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Slyce wrote:

> I have been unable to print since I've installed FreeBSD 2.2.6 (and
> 2.2.5)... There are no errors in /var/log/lpd-errs and there is no
> response from the printer using cp <filename> > /dev/lpt0... I've tried
> polled-mode and IRQ mode with no success... What is wrong??? The port is
> set to bi-direction in BIOS setup and have tried EPP and ECP mode just
> for effect... I have a new DeskJet 722c printer and a Dell Dimension
> 266XPS workstation... What am I missing and what should I try???

Can you be more specific?  Printing problems can happen just about
anywhere.  Do you get any error messages in /var/log/messages?  The spool
directory?  How does your printcap look?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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