Subject: Q: printcap & cabling for deskjet printer
To: port-mac68k Mailing List <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Capt. Avram Dorfman <dorfman@pentagon.mil>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/03/1998 17:13:32
Has anyone got a deskjet 500c working under netbsd/makc8k? I need help.
I've installed ghostscript 5.10, and run lprsetup.sh, and put the
printcap.insert into my etc/printcap file, and I've restarted lpd.
when I try to print a file to the printer, it seems to go through the
queue, and sit there for a few seconds, with some temp files in the spool
directory, and then disappears, but the printer doesn't even twitch.
1) how do I find out what the baud rate should be for this printer?
2) should a standard Mac hardware-handshake modem cable work?
What else should I be able to do to test this? Is there a way I can bypas
ghostscript, and just confirm that the mac and the printer are even
communicating?
-Capt Avram Dorfman
Chief, Network Operations
email: dorfman@pentagon.mil
(last resort email: avram@pobox.com)
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