hi,
if your printer just understands pcl you must set up a filter in the
printcap, see the IFHP HOWTO which printertype and configuration might
fit...
regards
~christoph
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm trying to set up an HP DeskJet 500, I have at least three other
printers that I'll need to deal with soon, but I'd feel more confident if
I could get just one to work first.
Relevant details:
Debian2.2(potato), LPRng-3.6.12, ghostscript 5.10
here's a transcript from yet another attempt in which the software seems
to think it works but the printer sits there in lumpish affront
Script started on Sat Jan 5 01:53:34 2002
larry@heron:~$ lpr -V
Version LPRng-3.6.12
This is ascii text, and the gd printer probably doesn't know anything but
PCL, grrr.
sending job 'larry@heron+11' to lp2@localhost
connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1
connected to 'localhost'
requesting printer lp2@localhost
sending control file 'cfA011heron' to lp2@localhost
completed sending 'cfA011heron' to lp2@localhost
sending data file 'dfA011heron' to lp2@localhost
completed sending 'dfA011heron' to lp2@localhost
done job 'larry@heron+11' transfer to lp2@localhost
larry@heron:~$ exit
Script done on Sat Jan 5 01:56:43 2002
here's a copy of my /etc/printcap
#:$Id: printcap,v 1.3 2002/01/05 01:21:45 larry Exp $:
# /etc/printcap: printer capability database. See printcap(5).
# You can use the filter entries df, tf, cf, gf etc. for
# your own filters. See the printcap(5) manual page for further
# details.
lp2|HP 500 DeskJet
:lp=/dev/lp0
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs
:mx#0
:sh
What part of the man-pages am I not understanding?
Would it help things if I got or created a PCL file, and sent that to lp2,
I'm fairly sure the printer works since it was able to print from a
windows box earlier, should I switch lp=/dev/lp0 to something else?
dmesg reports lp0: using parport0 (polling)
clues devoutly appreciated,
larry
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