printing problems ....

[Zsolt Udvari]

Maybe you'll need a filter, like in my case, see [1].

Zsolt

[1] http://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=47147&p=263381&hilit=ml2010#p263580

2014-08-30 0:50 GMT+02:00 William A. Mahaffey III <wam at hiwaay.net>:
>
> On 08/29/14 17:36, Warren Block wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 29 Aug 2014, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am trying to get printing working under FBSD 9.3. I cribbed printcap
>>> info from
>>> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing.html#printing-quick-start
>>> & tried it out:
>>>
>>>
>>> [root at kabini1, /etc, 10:48:04am] 458 %  service lpd status
>>> lpd is running as pid 27062.
>>> [root at kabini1, /etc, 10:48:06am] 459 %  printf "From jaguar:\n1. This
>>> printer can print.\n2. This is the second line.\n" | lpr
>>> [root at kabini1, /etc, 10:48:36am] 460 %  lpq
>>> no entries
>>> [root at kabini1, /etc, 10:48:38am] 461 %  (tail printcap )
>>> # :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
>>> #
>>> # ... following cribbed from Athlon-cube, FC14 ;-) ....
>>> #
>>> # printer|Xerox Phaser 6130N:rm=jaguar.cfd.com:rp=printer:
>>> # Cups-PDF|Cups-PDF:rm=jaguar.cfd.com:rp=Cups-PDF:
>>> #
>>> # ... following cribbed from online FBSD LP docs ....
>>> #
>>>
>>> lp:lp=:rm=printer:rp=raw:sh:mx#0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
>>
>>
>> "raw" is an HP standard queue name.  The manual for the Xerox 6130N says
>> (for Mac setup) to leave the queue name blank.
>>
>
>
> Tried that, still nogo .... I eventually got enscript installed, that will
> allow me to print ASCII files by converting them to .ps on the fly ....
> That's good enough for now .... Thx ....
>
>
>
> --
>
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>
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