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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news.uoregon.edu!serv.hinet.net!nctuccca.edu.tw!news.cc.nctu.edu.tw!news.csie.nctu.edu.tw!nematic!jou From: jou@nematic (Wei-Jou Chen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mouse & Printer Date: 31 Jul 1995 01:50:29 GMT Organization: Dep. Computer Sci. & Information Eng., Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan, R.O.C Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3vhct5$ntp@news.csie.nctu.edu.tw> References: <3v00hj$13e0@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> <3v9qr0$hv1@vodka.intele.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: jou%@nematic.ieo.nctu.edu.tw X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Barnacle Wes (wes@intele.net) wrote: : 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. ;^) Can the polled mode be compiled in kernel ? Thanks --Jou