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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!news From: jfieber@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (John Fieber) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Setting up printer under 2.0.5 Date: 24 Nov 1995 00:25:41 GMT Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4933e5$nad@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> References: <817032096.9442@org29.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 In-Reply-To: <817032096.9442@org29.demon.co.uk> To: stuartp@org29.demon.co.uk In article <817032096.9442@org29.demon.co.uk>, stuartp@org29.demon.co.uk (Stuart M Pringle) writes: >The printer is PCL rather than PostScript but I cannot find information about >how to set up a printcap entry for this printer or how to filter lpr in order >to enable it to print correctly. Is the default driver (lp) PostScript and if >not then what is it? Check out http://www.freebsd.org/handbook. There is substantial section on how to set up printers, with specific examples for HP printers as I recall. -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ============