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Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!panix!cmcl2!sparky.cs.nyu.edu!steinber From: Joseph Steinberg <steinber@slinky.cs.nyu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: HELP, PLEASE! lpr Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 19:54:02 -0400 Organization: New York University Lines: 65 Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950731195354.26404A-100000@sparky.cs.nyu.edu> References: <199507310939.KAA01372@hawk.gnome.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: sparky.cs.nyu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: steinber@sparky.cs.nyu.edu In-Reply-To: <199507310939.KAA01372@hawk.gnome.co.uk> ou use the APS thing -- and what does it do. JS On Mon, 31 Jul 1995, Chris Stenton wrote: > In article <3vg0on$g5d@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> you wrote: > : I have been trying for about a month to get lpr to work on my system. > : I can cat a ps file directly to /dev/lpt0 and it prints -- but lpr gives > : me blank pages. > : All I am asking for is for someone to send me a working printcap file for > : a psotscript printer. I have an HP-4 with postscript added. > : There has to be someone out there who is using a PS printer. Please send > : me a copy of your /etc/printcap file. > : Thanks. > : JS > > > > Hi, > > I used this for a while which worked fine. > > # @(#)printcap 5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90 > > lp|raw|local line printer:\ > :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:sh:mx#0: > > > However, I moved over to using aps-491 which is excellent. Here is > where you can get it > > These are the sites, where apsfilter versions can be found > > (1) ftp server: ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de > directory : pub/Linux/local/packs/APSfilter > > ftp the newest release from there. The current naming scheme for > apsfilter releases is: aps-Release.tgz > > > don't be put off with the Linux bit. It has support for FreeBSD as > well. > > > > Chris > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr Chris Stenton chris@gnome.co.uk > Gnome Computers Ltd Tel/Fax: 44 (0)1480 406164 > 25A Huntingdon St, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1BG > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _ _ | | ___ ___ ___ _ __ | |__ Joseph Steinberg _ | |/ _ \/ __|/ _ \ '_ \| '_ \ steinber@slinky.cs.nyu.edu | |_| | (_) \__ \ __/ |_) | | | | http://haven.ios.com/~likud/steinber/ \___/ \___/|___/\___| .__/|_| |_| +1-201-833-9674 |_|