From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:40:05 -0700 From: "Russ Cox" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] HP Laserjet III printer In-Reply-To: <44CD9212.4050208@exemail.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <44CD9212.4050208@exemail.com.au> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 94e290be-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > 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