* [9fans] HP Laserjet III printer
@ 2006-07-31 5:16 John Boutland
2006-07-31 5:22 ` John Boutland
2006-07-31 14:40 ` Russ Cox
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: John Boutland @ 2006-07-31 5:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Have been trying to get this printer going with no success. Had a look
at the Luther/Rattan correspondence (Plan9 and laser printer) but found
no help there. I've fiddled about with /sys/lib/lp/devices without
success (or even knowing much about what I'm doing!)
The printer is on the parallel port. If output is directed to pcclone,
going to /dev/lpt1data, the printer fires up OK but prints lots of pages
of nothing useful, mainly blank pages preceded by %!PS-Adobe-2.0, etc,
staggered across the first page. Presumably the driver is not correct.
Any help appreciated.
John
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* Re: [9fans] HP Laserjet III printer
2006-07-31 5:16 [9fans] HP Laserjet III printer John Boutland
@ 2006-07-31 5:22 ` John Boutland
2006-07-31 14:40 ` Russ Cox
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: John Boutland @ 2006-07-31 5:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
I should have added that the file I'm using to test this is a C program
created using sam. John
John Boutland wrote:
> Have been trying to get this printer going with no success. Had a look
> at the Luther/Rattan correspondence (Plan9 and laser printer) but
> found no help there. I've fiddled about with /sys/lib/lp/devices
> without success (or even knowing much about what I'm doing!)
> The printer is on the parallel port. If output is directed to pcclone,
> going to /dev/lpt1data, the printer fires up OK but prints lots of
> pages of nothing useful, mainly blank pages preceded by
> %!PS-Adobe-2.0, etc, staggered across the first page. Presumably the
> driver is not correct.
> Any help appreciated.
> John
>
>
>
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* Re: [9fans] HP Laserjet III printer
2006-07-31 5:16 [9fans] HP Laserjet III printer John Boutland
2006-07-31 5:22 ` John Boutland
@ 2006-07-31 14:40 ` Russ Cox
2006-08-01 2:09 ` John Boutland
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Russ Cox @ 2006-07-31 14:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
> Have been trying to get this printer going with no success. Had a look
> at the Luther/Rattan correspondence (Plan9 and laser printer) but found
> no help there. I've fiddled about with /sys/lib/lp/devices without
> success (or even knowing much about what I'm doing!)
> The printer is on the parallel port. If output is directed to pcclone,
> going to /dev/lpt1data, the printer fires up OK but prints lots of pages
> of nothing useful, mainly blank pages preceded by %!PS-Adobe-2.0, etc,
> staggered across the first page. Presumably the driver is not correct.
> Any help appreciated.
> John
In /sys/lib/lp/devices, you should be able to start with
the hpdeskjet entry, maybe rename it, and then
change the gs!cdj670 to gs!ljet3. Then you should
be all set (using lp -dhpdeskjet or whatever new name
you chose).
Russ
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* Re: [9fans] HP Laserjet III printer
2006-07-31 14:40 ` Russ Cox
@ 2006-08-01 2:09 ` John Boutland
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: John Boutland @ 2006-08-01 2:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Many thanks. Laserjet III now printing quite happily.
John
Russ Cox wrote:
>> Have been trying to get this printer going with no success. Had a look
>> at the Luther/Rattan correspondence (Plan9 and laser printer) but found
>> no help there. I've fiddled about with /sys/lib/lp/devices without
>> success (or even knowing much about what I'm doing!)
>> The printer is on the parallel port. If output is directed to pcclone,
>> going to /dev/lpt1data, the printer fires up OK but prints lots of pages
>> of nothing useful, mainly blank pages preceded by %!PS-Adobe-2.0, etc,
>> staggered across the first page. Presumably the driver is not correct.
>> Any help appreciated.
>> John
>
>
> In /sys/lib/lp/devices, you should be able to start with
> the hpdeskjet entry, maybe rename it, and then
> change the gs!cdj670 to gs!ljet3. Then you should
> be all set (using lp -dhpdeskjet or whatever new name
> you chose).
>
> Russ
>
>
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