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Re: * HP L5 laser printer: problem!! *
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Nielsen)
Mon Oct 21 19:50:39 1996
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 16:09:45 -0700 (MST)
From: Bob Nielsen <nielsen@primenet.com>
Reply-To: nielsen@primenet.com
To: Ferdinand Mo <lsmo@hkusua.hku.hk>
cc: Red Hat Mailing List <redhat-list@redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.93.961022021607.21736A-100000@hkusua.hku.hk>
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On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Ferdinand Mo wrote:
>
> Hi, I've set *everything* with printtool. But my HP L5 laser
> printer is still not working *properly* under my RedHat 3.0.3...
>
> Problem: when I use 'lpr filename' to print a file, it outputs
> a blank paper with the following two lines first...
> --
> t t
> r rrr oooo
> --
> Then the second page is the thing which I really wanted to see...
>
> The following is the printcape made by printtool:
> ------------- /etc/printcap ----------------
> ##PRINTTOOL## LOCAL ljet4 600x600 a4 {}
> lp:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> :mx#0:\
> :lp=/dev/lp1:\
> :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
> ---------------------------------------------
> I've tried using 'laserjet', 'ljet4' and 'ljetplus' for Printer Type
> and found 'ljet4' is the most ideal one.
>
> So.. what's wrong? and what can I do?
>
> Thank you very much!!!
>
> regards,
>
> Ferd
Either click on 'suppress header' in printtool or add a line
:sh:
in /etc/printcap.
Bob
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