Still having network/Postscript Printer problem

[Andrew Gould]

Have you tried using the port apsfilter to configure /etc/printcap?

Good luck,

Andrew

On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 1:53 AM, <reg at dwf.com> wrote:

> I am having nothing but trouble in trying to get printing to work under
> FreeBSD with my HPLJ4100.  The printer works find from linux, and I might
> just give up and use the 'cups' implemenetation under FreeBSD if I can't
> get lpd to work.
>
> Here is where I stand.
>
> I have the environment variabalee
>
> setenv PRINTER=HPLJ4100
>
> dns sees the printer
>
> % nslookup HPLJ4100
> Server:         127.0.0.1
> Address:        127.0.0.1#53
>
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name:   HPLJ4100.dwf.com
> Address: 192.168.64.30
>
> I have
>
> lpd_enable="YES"
>
> in /etc/rc.conf
>
> I have set
>
> service lpd start
>
> numerous times, and lpd is running.
>
> my printcap keeps changing, but currently reads
>
> HP-DP:\
>         :rm=9100 at HPLJ4100:\
>         :rp=raw:\
>         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/HP-DP:\
>         :lf=/var/spool/lpd/HP-DP/log:\
>         :af=/var/spool/lpd/HP-DP/acct:\
>         :mx#0:\
>         :sh:
>
> when I do a
>
> lpr sum.ps
>
> of a postscript file, I see
>
> root at FreeBSD:/home/reg # lpr sum.ps
> lpr: HPLJ4100: unknown printer
>
> if I take the 9100@ out of the printcap file, viz
>
> HP-DP:\
>         :rm=HPLJ4100:\
>         :rp=raw:\
>         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/HP-DP:\
>         :lf=/var/spool/lpd/HP-DP/log:\
>         :af=/var/spool/lpd/HP-DP/acct:\
>         :mx#0:\
>         :sh:
>
> I see for the lpr
>
> root at FreeBSD:/home/reg # lpr sum.ps
> lpr: HPLJ4100: unknown printer
>
> so thats the same.
>
> I have tried about a thousand vaiations, anc always see
>
> root at FreeBSD:/home/reg # lpq
> lpq: printer not found
>
> I must be doing something basic that is wrong, but I dont see ir.
> Someone tell me what Im doing wrong, this can't be this hard.
>
>                                 Reg Clemens
>                                 clemens at dwf.com
>
>
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