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From: Andrew Gordon <andrew.gordon@net-tel.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: lpd woes
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 01:32:54 GMT
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dwatson@stout.entertain.com (Darryl Watson) wrote:
>I have FreeBSD 2.1.0-R, and am trying to print postscript files to an
>Okidata OL610e/PS printer.
>
> If I try to send a print job to the
>printer via lpr, I get errors on the printer LED console, and nothing
>happens.
Most likely it is choking on the burst page (which is not postscript)
You can turn this off in /etc/printcap
>I am pretty sure the parallel port is bi-directional, which is required,
>according to the Okidata documentation.
FreeBSD won't do anything special with a bidirectional port. But you probably
don't need it.
>Has anyone successfully set up one of these printers? If so, can you
>send me or post the section of your /etc/printcap file that deals with
>that port?
I don't have an OKI (well, I have an OKI Microline 84, but that's not
relevant).
However, this simple printcap line works with an HP postscript printer:
lp|hp|local line printer:\
:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:sh:mx=0
The important bit is the ":sh:" to suppress the burst page header.