Hello All: You guys are great! Three replies, with three issues to look at!
It appears the problem was a defective (????) parallel printer cable. The one I was using didn't have all the pins connected. I replaced it with a new one, and now everything works fine. The cable I had must have been a Microsoft thing ;) The additional suggestions focused on the filter file, and I gained a great deal of insight from these. There were some points on tuning that I hadn't thought of, so these comments will be helpful as well. Thanks to all of you!! On Sun, 8 May 2005 17:48:43 -0700, "Ted Mittelstaedt" wrote: > > > 1) Copy a MSDOS text file to the system (one that > contains ^M^L as each > line terminator) > > 2) cat file /dev/lpt0 > > If the file doesen't come out the printer, it's a > problem with the > parallel post hardware, or the cabling. > > Ted > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 5:44 PM > > To: freeBSD-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Unable to set up LPD to use a HP Laserjet 5p > in freeBSD 5.3 > > > > > > Hello > > > > I`m trying to install my HP laserjet 5p on freebsd > 5.3. > > The printer doesn`t understand postscript. > > I`ve read the handbook and installed ghostscript and > > lpd. > > I changed rc.conf to start lpd for each system boot. > > > > dmesg printer part looks like this: > > > > ppbus0: <Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 5P> HP ENHANCED > > PCL5,PJL > > lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 > > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port > > ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus > > > > printcap looks like this: > > > > lp|HP Laserjet 5P:\ > > :sh:\ > > :sd=/var/spool/lpd:\ > > :lf=/var/log/lpd:\ > > :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ > > :if=/etc/lpfilter: > > > > Whenever I try to print to the printer, I get an error > > status on the printer that the owners manual calls a > > "Data Error" (two lights on the panel). The 'Go' > button > > must be pressed repeatedly to get the page to print; > > and it doesn't look complete. I've used several of the > > lpfilters from the ports collection, but none seems to > > work. > > > > Has anyone set up this printer model to work in > freeBSD > > 5.3 and can shed some light on what I have done > wrong? > > > > Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
