Re: TODO item: Add info on USB printers

2013-11-24 Thread Juris Kaminskis
> > Chapter Printing Directly requires some minor update I think: > > Printing Directly > > A spooler is not required. Sometimes it’s simpler to just print data > directly to a device or to troubleshoot printing setup: > > % cat myfile.txt > /dev/lpt0 > >*/dev/lpt0* > > the standard parallel po

Re: TODO item: Add info on USB printers

2013-11-09 Thread Juris Kaminskis
2013/11/5 Warren Block > On Mon, 4 Nov 2013, Juris Kaminskis wrote: > > >> Thank you for working on this. The entire printing chapter >> really needs a rewrite, and I've been meaning to write an outline for what >> a new printing chapter >> should cover. In the meantime,

Re: TODO item: Add info on USB printers

2013-11-04 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 4 Nov 2013, Juris Kaminskis wrote: Thank you for working on this.  The entire printing chapter really needs a rewrite, and I've been meaning to write an outline for what a new printing chapter should cover.  In the meantime, please look at http://ww

Re: TODO item: Add info on USB printers

2013-11-04 Thread Juris Kaminskis
> Thank you for working on this. The entire printing chapter really needs a >> rewrite, and I've been meaning to write an outline for what a new printing >> chapter should cover. In the meantime, please look at >> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html and see if it >> is adequ

Re: TODO item: Add info on USB printers

2013-10-30 Thread Warren Block
Forgot to send this to the list also... On Wed, 30 Oct 2013, Warren Block wrote: On Wed, 30 Oct 2013, Juris Kaminskis wrote: Some first trial to create better coverage for USB printing support in FreeBSD documentation. There are some more chapters to revise but this is definetly one: 10.3.1.

TODO item: Add info on USB printers

2013-10-30 Thread Juris Kaminskis
Hi, Some first trial to create better coverage for USB printing support in FreeBSD documentation. There are some more chapters to revise but this is definetly one: 10.3.1.4.1. Checking a Parallel and USB Printer This section tells you how to check if FreeBSD can communicate with a printer conne