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From: mhughes@bridge.com (Michael Hughes)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Printer won't work
Date: 18 Feb 1997 16:17:45 GMT
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In article <5ec9iq$rud@web3.tcd.ie>,
	csdalton@tcd.ie (Colin Dalton) writes:
> Hi there,
> 
> I'm trying to get a Seikosha SP-2400 printer to work with FreeBSD. It's
> in Epson compatible mode, and doing a "copy file prn" from DOS works fine.
> However with FreeBSD, a "cat file >/dev/lpt0" results in "Device not ready".
> Same with Windows NT - it won't even print the test page -  device not
> ready. If it wasn't for the fact that it prints just fine from DOS, I'd
> say it's the cable, but it can't be.
> 
> Has anyone any ideas?
> 
> --
> Colin Dalton 
> If you put garbage in a computer nothing comes out but garbage.  But
> this garbage, having passed through a very expensive machine, is
> somehow enobled and none dare criticize it.

Colin,
  I would look at the cable, I had the same problem.  I could print from
the DOS command line, but not in FreeBSD or Coherent.  

  Hope this helps!
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