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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!sunic!sunic.sunet.se!seunet!news2.swip.net!karon.dynas.se!karon.dynas.se!not-for-mail From: mikko@dynas.se (Mikko Tyolajarvi) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD refuses to print. Date: 12 Sep 1995 11:47:07 +0200 Organization: Dynasoft AB Lines: 43 Message-ID: <433kur$d0v@spirit.dynas.se> References: <42vi2o$dhg@gryphon.phoenix.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: spirit.dynas.se Geoff! gemohler@phoenix.phoenix.net (Geoff Mohler) writes: >Ok..heres my hardware. [...] >Hewlett Packard 4 with PS support. > I've got a HPLJ4ML (with PostScript) > >Problem: >No matter what I do..I cannot get anything to print from my machine. > >Ive had my Admin from my ISP look at it renotely, and catn get any results, >Ive tried maybe 10 differetn printcaps from other working machines. > >All I get are blank pages with the occasional dozen or so characters on >the page. > Here's what I did. My machine is at home and won't answer the phone, so I can't give you the exact bytes (mai me if you need the printcap entry). 1) Set all printcap options that suppress banner, burst page and such 2) Set the output filter to point at a script which makes sure output files are separated by control-D, e.g. #!/bin/sh echo ^D # An actual ascii 004 cat echo ^D # Another ascii 004 3) Feed the printer postscript. Works for me, /Mikko -- Mikko Työläjärvi (mikko@dynas.se) <Insert cheesy quote here> DynaSoft, Dynamic Software AB