Re: Configuring Printer Services

From: Lee Harr (missive_at_frontiernet.net)
Date: 09/06/03


Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 13:45:39 GMT

In article <Xns93EDDE7FAFFBFmcperreault2003yahoo@204.127.36.1>, Mark Perreault:
> I am having some difficulty configuring printer services on my newly
> installed FreeBSD 5.0. I have followed the guidance in the printing
> section of the handbook at freebsd.org, and when I send text to the
> printer, the light flashes, but there is no output.
>
> The printer is an HP Laserjet 1100 on the parallel port (/dev/lpt0).
> I have a filter (from the handbook) to take care of the CR/LF problem.
> Also of note, the logfile I have set up in /etc/printcap only has one entry
> in it - the starting of lpd.
>
> Does anybody have any advice on configuring HP printers?
>

I always use apsfilter.

/usr/ports/print/apsfilter/



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