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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!admii!cmcl2!slinky.cs.nyu.edu!steinber 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 Organization: New York University Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3uhq69$asj@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> References: <andrewgDBn78y.Ew6@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: slinky.cs.nyu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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