RE: Unable to set up LPD to use a HP Laserjet 5p in freeBSD 5.3

modelt20_at_canada.com
Date: 05/09/05

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Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 08:07:33 -0700 (PDT)

    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: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
    > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On
    Behalf
    > Of
    > > modelt20@canada.com
    > > 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.
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