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--- "Manuel A. McLure" <manuel@××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Sunday 19 February 2006 01:53 pm, maxim wexler |
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> wrote: |
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> > Then you're part of a dying breed evidently. |
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> > |
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> > I wasn't able to get cups to work so installed |
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> lprng. |
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> > |
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> > For more details on my problem go to the archives |
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> and |
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> > search against my name and 'print' and 'cups' |
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> I can't imagine how frustrated you are at this |
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> point. |
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> If you wouldn't mind, I have some troubleshooting |
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> suggestions. It appears that |
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> perhaps you might have some problems with the actual |
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> printer interface |
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> (/dev/lp0), so let's make sure that works well. |
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> |
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> FIrst, make sure nothing, even lprng, is using |
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> /dev/lp0 - shut down lprng and |
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> make sure there are no processes left around. |
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> Then run the following command: |
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> /bin/echo -e -n |
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> Hello\\015\\012World\\015\\012\\014 >textfile.txt |
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> |
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> And finally |
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> cat textfile.txt >/dev/lp0 |
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This looks like an elaborate form of |
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echo -e "This text should appear on the printer\f" > |
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/dev/lp0 |
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Which works fine. Also, from apsfilter I was able to |
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print a test page. So the hardware seems to be OK. |
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