I'm not sure your printer support Postscript. It supports PCL-6 and BR-Script 3 (whatever the hell the latter may be)
Try using gs to convert your postscript files to pcl3 and feeding those to lpr. $ gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pcl3 -sOutputFile=/tmp/junk%d.pcl3 letter.ps $ lpr /tmp/junk*.pcl3 --patrick On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Bryan <bra...@gmail.com> wrote: > *tried sending this to the "newbies" list, but was kicked back* > > I have been hampered with this for a few years now, and at most times, > it was easier to copy the file to a Windows box and print. But I'm > tired of having to do this, and have begun researching how to print to > a printer on the network. I recently bought a Brother 9840CDW, which > supports lpd and postscript. It also allows for FTP of files to queue > among other things. It's probably more printer (scanner, fax, copier) > than I need, but I'm tired of HP printers and the toner issues they > have. It is a really nice printer in Windows, and the scanner is most > excellent and fast. And according to the LInux foundation site > (http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting) > it works perfectly. Of course, I have to take this with a grain of > salt, because of Linux's willingness to add proprietary drivers, > firmware, etc. > > I am running a -current built with a vanilla GENERIC.MP (dmesg and > printcap below). > It's valid as of the 24th of January 2011. I have googled several > sites, and found a site that was able to help me get a running config. > This meant I was able to successfully send something over my network > to the printer. I've sent a copy of the /etc/printcap to the printer, > and while it does print the first line of the text correctly, the next > line begins where the first line ends, but one line down > > > example: > > > blah blah blah > blah blah blah > > > the interesting thing is, the burst page, which prints after the job > completes, prints correctly, with lines printing correctly. Truly > frustrating. And in a moment of ignorance, I wasted about 50 pages of > paper when I sent a PDF to the printer. Tons of garbage on the the > page, sometimes on both sides. I was able to purge the queue with > 'lpc' but ended up powercycling the printer to kill the printing. > > I've been reading the printcap man page, lpd, lpr, and the following sites: > > http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html > http://www.digitalissues.co.uk/html/os/unix/bsd.html (this helped me > get connected to my networked printer) > http://onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/07/08/FreeBSD_Basics.html?page=1 > (Darrin Chandler's blog directed me here when he was having issues) > > I've been to other sites and forums where people are using samba to > print. But I am having enough trouble with a simple text file to > setup samba just to print. Has anyone been able to print regular > text, pdfs, and possibly images on a printer? I tried using 'pdf2ps', > but this only cut down the amount of wasted paper with gibberish on it > by 25 or so pages. > > I've got the network portion down, but I think that I don't know > enough about how filters work. Do people create their own, or are > there any 'recipes' out there that I can modify to work with my > printer? > > If you have a site that I should be reading, or a man page that I > missed, please let me know, and I'll study it. I do have ghostscript > installed, and I tried using apsfilter, but it didn't appear to work. > I configured everything, using the GS Driver option #2, but everything > still printed the same gibberish and text still printed like the > above. > > Regards, > Bryan > > /etc/printcap: > # $OpenBSD: printcap,v 1.4 2003/03/28 21:32:30 jmc Exp $ > > #lp|local line printer:\ > # :lp=/dev/lp:sd=/var/spool/output:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > > lp|9840CDN:\ > :sd=/var/spool/output/9840CDN:\ > :lp=:\ > :rm=9840CDN:\ > :rp=9840CDN: > > '9840CDN' is the printer, I put it wrong in both my printcap, and in > /etc/hosts. The printer is the *9840CDW* > > dmesg: > > OpenBSD 4.9-beta (GENERIC.MP) #34: Mon Jan 24 12:26:44 CST 2011 > r...@obsd-amd64.my.domain:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP > real mem = 3707031552 (3535MB) > avail mem = 3594342400 (3427MB) > mainbus0 at root > bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xf6530 (57 entries) > bios0: vendor Dell Inc. version "A24" date 08/19/2010 > bios0: Dell Inc. Latitude E6500 > acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 > acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5 > acpi0: tables DSDT FACP HPET DMAR APIC ASF! MCFG SLIC SSDT > acpi0: wakeup devices PCI0(S4) PCIE(S4) USB1(S0) USB2(S0) USB3(S0) > USB4(S0) USB5(S0) USB6( > S0) EHC2(S0) EHCI(S0) AZAL(S3) RP01(S4) RP02(S4) RP03(S4) RP04(S3) > RP05(S3) RP06(S5) LID_( > S3) PBTN(S4) > acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits > acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz > acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat > cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) > cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8800 @ 2.66GHz, 2660.46 MHz > cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS H,DS,AC > PI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX 16,xTPR,PDCM, > SSE4.1,XSAVE,NXE,LONG > cpu0: 3MB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache > cpu0: apic clock running at 266MHz > cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) > cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8800 @ 2.66GHz, 2660.00 MHz > cpu1: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS H,DS,AC > PI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX 16,xTPR,PDCM, > SSE4.1,XSAVE,NXE,LONG > cpu1: 3MB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache > ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins > ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 2 > acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xf8000000, bus 0-63 > acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 3 (PCIE) > acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (AGP_) > acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 11 (RP01) > acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP02) > acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 12 (RP03) > acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 13 (RP04) > acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP05) > acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP06) > acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) > acpiec0 at acpi0 > acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C2, C1, PSS > acpicpu1 at acpi0: C3, C2, C1, PSS > acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature 107 degC > acpibtn0 at acpi0: LID_ > acpibtn1 at acpi0: PBTN > acpibtn2 at acpi0: SBTN > acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit offline > acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model "DELL KY26603" serial 5171 type LION oem "Sanyo" > acpibat1 at acpi0: BAT1 not present > acpivideo0 at acpi0: VID_ > acpivideo1 at acpi0: VID_ > acpivout0 at acpivideo1: CRT_ > acpivout1 at acpivideo1: LCD_ > acpivout2 at acpivideo1: DP__ > acpivout3 at acpivideo1: DP2_ > acpivout4 at acpivideo1: DVI_ > acpivout5 at acpivideo1: DVI2 > acpivideo2 at acpi0: VID2 > cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 2660 MHz: speeds: 2668, 2667, 2134, 1600, 800 MHz > pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0 > pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel GM45 Host" rev 0x07 > vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel GM45 Video" rev 0x07 > wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) > wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) > intagp0 at vga1 > agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xe0000000, size 0x10000000 > inteldrm0 at vga1: apic 2 int 16 (irq 11) > drm0 at inteldrm0 > "Intel GM45 Video" rev 0x07 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured > em0 at pci0 dev 25 function 0 "Intel ICH9 IGP M AMT" rev 0x03: apic 2 > int 22 (irq 10), add > ress 00:26:b9:c5:4b:48 > uhci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 2 > int 20 (irq 7) > uhci1 at pci0 dev 26 function 1 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 2 > int 21 (irq 4) > uhci2 at pci0 dev 26 function 2 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 2 > int 22 (irq 10) > ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 7 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 2 > int 22 (irq 10) > usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 > uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 > azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801I HD Audio" rev 0x03: > apic 2 int 21 (irq 4) > azalia0: codecs: IDT 92HD71B7, Intel/0x2802, using IDT 92HD71B7 > audio0 at azalia0 > ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x03: apic 2 > int 16 (irq 0) > pci1 at ppb0 bus 11 > ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x03: apic 2 > int 18 (irq 0) > pci2 at ppb1 bus 12 > ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x03: apic 2 > int 19 (irq 0) > pci3 at ppb2 bus 13 > uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 2 > int 20 (irq 7) > uhci4 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 2 > int 21 (irq 4) > uhci5 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 2 > int 22 (irq 10) > ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 2 > int 20 (irq 7) > usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0 > uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 > ppb3 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0x93 > pci4 at ppb3 bus 3 > cbb0 at pci4 dev 1 function 0 "Ricoh 5C476 CardBus" rev 0xba: apic 2 > int 19 (irq 10) > "Ricoh 5C832 Firewire" rev 0x04 at pci4 dev 1 function 1 not configured > sdhc0 at pci4 dev 1 function 2 "Ricoh 5C822 SD/MMC" rev 0x21: apic 2 > int 18 (irq 11) > sdmmc0 at sdhc0 > "Ricoh 5C843 MMC" rev 0x11 at pci4 dev 1 function 3 not configured > cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0 > cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 4 device 0 cacheline 0x10, lattimer 0x20 > pcmcia0 at cardslot0 > pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801IEM LPC" rev 0x03 > ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801I AHCI" rev 0x03: apic 2 > int 19 (irq 10), AHCI 1.2 > scsibus0 at ahci0: 32 targets > sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, WDC WD2500BEVS-2, 01.0> SCSI3 0/direct fixed > sd0: 238475MB, 512 bytes/sec, 488397168 sec total > cd0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <TSSTcorp, DVD+-RW TS-U633A, DW10> ATAPI > 5/cdrom removable > ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801I SMBus" rev 0x03: apic > 2 int 17 (irq 3) > iic0 at ichiic0 > spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 2GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-6400CL5 SO-DIMM > spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x52: 2GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-6400CL5 SO-DIMM > usb2 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 > uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 > usb3 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 > uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 > usb4 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 > uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 > usb5 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 > uhub5 at usb5 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 > usb6 at uhci4: USB revision 1.0 > uhub6 at usb6 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 > usb7 at uhci5: USB revision 1.0 > uhub7 at usb7 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 > isa0 at pcib0 > isadma0 at isa0 > pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 > pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) > pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot > wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 > pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) > pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot > wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 > pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 > spkr0 at pcppi0 > mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support > ugen0 at uhub4 port 1 "Broadcom Corp 5880" rev 1.10/1.01 addr 2 > vscsi0 at root > scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets > softraid0 at root > root on sd0a swap on sd0b dump on sd0b > rum0 at uhub1 port 4 "Ralink Technology RT2573" rev 2.00/0.01 addr 2 > rum0: MAC/BBP RT2573 (rev 0x2573a), RF RT2528, address 00:0e:3b:1e:f0:14 > uhidev0 at uhub5 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Primax Kensington > Eagle Trackball" re > v 2.00/6.00 addr 2 > uhidev0: iclass 3/1 > ums0 at uhidev0: 3 buttons, Z dir > wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0 > wsmouse1 detached > ums0 detached > uhidev0 detached > uhidev0 at uhub5 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Primax Kensington > Eagle Trackball" re > v 2.00/6.00 addr 2 > uhidev0: iclass 3/1 > ums0 at uhidev0: 3 buttons, Z dir > wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0
