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From: geordan@OCF.Berkeley.EDU (Geordan Rosario)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Can't get printer to work correctly
Date: 20 May 1995 18:34:11 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
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I'm running FreeBSD 2.0R with a Canon BJ-300 on lpt0.  Whenever I print a file
the output is such that it looks as if it is trying to print out 132-column
data on an 80-column printer (yes, it is an 80-column printer).  I have edited
/etc/printcap and placed pw#80 in it, but it doesn't respond to that.  (It is
/dev/lp, BTW.)

Any ideas on how to fix this printer?

-Geordan
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