From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] HP Laserjet III printer
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:40:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ee9e417a0607310740g67c67e8elf74fbb5db9c59c72@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44CD9212.4050208@exemail.com.au>
> 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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-31 14:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-31 5:16 John Boutland
2006-07-31 5:22 ` John Boutland
2006-07-31 14:40 ` Russ Cox [this message]
2006-08-01 2:09 ` John Boutland
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