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From: j@narcisa.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Printers
Date: 13 Jun 1995 10:49:57 +0200
Organization: Private U**x site, Dresden.
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References: <3rfi45$lfv@warp.cris.com> <3rfu90$pfl@warp.cris.com>
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In article <3rfu90$pfl@warp.cris.com>, George <grep@cris.com> wrote:
>I uncommented the /etc/printcap entry and created /var/spool/output/lpd
Please file a problem report for the missing /var/spool/output/lpd
directory. This one needs to be solved.
>directory and can now get readable output from my printer. I also changed the
>device in the printcap from /dev/lp to /dev/lpt0 since there was no /dev/lp.
/dev/lp is something like a `generic printer device'. Either rename,
or make it a symlink to your actual printer.
>The problem now is that it takes over an hour to print /etc/rc. Does anybody
>know of a way to speed this up? Also the banner wraps around on itself even
>though I added pw=80 in the printcap entry. myname.my.domain ends up looking
>like mdyonmaamien.my
I think you aren't much interested in the banners, either, are you?
Add the :sh: flag in the printcap entry, and you'll get rid of'em.
The pw=80 is totally ignored unless you're installing some sort of
output filter. I've described the filter mechanism in more detail in
another article yesterday. Look around for it in this newsgroup.
(Btw., i hope you've got it actually as ``pw#80''. :-)
Re. your slow printing. Is the port interrupt-controlled? Are you
using a proper cable? (Many cheap cards or cables are broken with
respect to the /ACK signal, which is used to generate the interrupt.
DOS doesn't use interrupt-controlled printing, so you might not have
noticed it yet.) Try to turn off interrupt-controlled printing with
`lpcontrol'. If this speeds up things, either your card or your
cable is bad. Anyway, by replacing either (or both), and using the
interrupt-controlled driver, it will speed up considerably.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)