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From: Barnacle Wes <wes@intele.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mouse & Printer
Date: 28 Jul 1995 04:59:12 GMT
Organization: The briney, briney deep
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To: root@suisse.cheese.com
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root@suisse.cheese.com (THa FLATLiNE) wrote:
> Also, I tried configuring my printer for FreeBSD (worked fine under Linux)
> but when I print, it prints "ROOT" and "<filename>" in huge ascii fonts and
> does not print the file (this is with lpr) when I try cat'ing the file to
> /dev/lpt0, it prints the file, but it prints so slowly, I could get a
> block of paper out and scribble the information down by hand faster.
Try lptcontrol -p -u 0
This changes the printer port (lpt0) to polled mode. This works well for
me, and for a number of others. This is quickly becoming a FAQ -- did
everyone run out and buy a printer the same day I did?
BTW, you can put this command at the end of /etc/rc.local if you get tired
of typing it. ;^)
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