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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!hose.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.utell.co.uk!ui-gate.utell.co.uk!brian 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 Organization: Utell International Lines: 18 Message-ID: <5ecrej$ijk@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> References: <5ec9iq$rud@web3.tcd.ie> NNTP-Posting-Host: ui-gate.utell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35822 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`.... -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@utell.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org> <http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !