Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:25:11 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing via USB Port Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002261520010.14367@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <265012.7854.qm@web36501.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <265012.7854.qm@web36501.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Fri, 26 Feb 2010, Bill Tillman wrote: > Okay, I have the setup like you show and at least now the jobs show up > in the queue, but nothing makes it to the printer. It's funny because > I can change the one line in /etc/printcap to point to lpt0 instead of > ulpt0 and it works. I have both parallel and USB cables connected in > this test setup, but the server I want to move the printer back to > only has USB. [Please don't top-post, it makes replying harder.] Some inexpensive printers don't auto-switch ports, so try disconnecting the parallel cable when testing USB. > Something else that seems odd, when I rebooted and started lpd from the command line there are two instances of it showing up in the ps -ax output. Shouldn't only one be running? If you have lpd_enable="YES" in rc.conf, you don't need to start lpd from the command line. There should still only be one running. Is the second one grep, maybe? > After reboot and restarting lpd, the job is in the queue but nothing > is printing when using the USB connection. Check the status: % lpc status lp And try restarting the printer: % lpc restart lp -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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