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From: steinber@slinky.cs.nyu.edu (Joseph Steinberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problems with /dev/lpt0
Date: 19 Jul 1995 02:20:57 GMT
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I am having a similar problem with my HP-4 with PostScript added
I can cat a PS file into /dev/lpt0 and it prints but lpr and lp don't work.

I am looking for an answer.
JS

Andrew Ghali (andrewg@netcom.com) wrote:

: Sorry if this is an obvious question, but I've searched the archives and
: I can't find a solution to this problem.  Here it is: I can not get the
: printer port to work properly in FB 2.0R on a 486DX2-66 VLB machine.  The
: symptom is that the printer (LJ 4ML) spits out a few blank pages when using
: either lpr or (as root) lptest > /dev/lpt0.  This happens in both interrupt
: and polled modes.  The printer works - I'm fairly sure the port is fine too,
: it is found at boot time.  This is with the kernel straight off the CD.

: Please tell me what I'm missing.

: Thanx for your help!

: Andrew