In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Konrad Scorciapino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > What did you try sending to /dev/ulpt0 that caused things to lock up? > Anything I tried caused the system to lock up. Here are some examples > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/konrad # lptest > /dev/ulpt0 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/konrad # ls > /dev/ulpt0 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/konrad # cat /etc/cvsupfile > /dev/ulpt0
> > > And how do I know whether my printer is a winprinter or not? > > The standard way is by sending it flat ascii text, and seeing if it > > prints that. If it prints the text you sent, it's not a winprinter. If > > it does nothing, or prints gibberish, it's probably a winprinter. > So it means that my printer is a winprinter? Ok, I misinterpreted "system locked up" to mean your FreeBSD system froze. From the looks of things, that's not the case - the sending program just locks up. It's probably a winprinter. You can use those on FreeBSD if there's a driver for it for ghostscript. The ijs driver should support the 656C. From there, you can either install apsfilter - which will install an a2ps port to print ascii, or install magicfilter and then use your favorite ascii to postscript printing tool to print straight text. I prefer enscript for that. Either one will detect various graphics formats and automatically translate them to postscript to be printed via ghostscript. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"