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From: brian@ui-gate.utell.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Printer won't work
Date: 18 Feb 1997 18:12:35 GMT
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Colin Dalton (csdalton@tcd.ie) wrote:
: 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?
You could try `lptcontrol -p`....
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@utell.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
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