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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!panix!not-for-mail From: drw@panix.com (Douglas Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: 0.9 Parallel Printer problems Date: 20 Nov 1993 09:45:04 -0500 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC Lines: 18 Message-ID: <2clahg$a91@panix.com> References: <9311192341.AA17083@cthulhu> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com In <9311192341.AA17083@cthulhu> mike.long@analog.com (Mike Long) writes: >I tried to get my parallel printer to work with NetBSD 0.9 last night. >I couldn't get it working with either the lpt or the lpa drivers. [...] I had problems similar to these. I tried all the port addresses and saw no indication that the kernel was detecting my parallel port -- until I accidentally booted the machine with the printer cable disconnected. I finally saw the line lpt0 at 0x3bc - 0x3c3 irq 7 on isa amongst the startup messages. The same worked for lpa0. I connected the cable and restarted lpd, and it proceeded to send all the queued jobs to the printer. I'm still having problems with the output though. Does anyone know if there exists an appropriate printcap entry and filters for laserjetII compatibles, or specifically for a Okidata OL400?