HP LaserJet 6MP printer setup

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#369

Author: Robi Karp
Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 00:00

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Hi, I have an HP LaserJet 6MP which I cannot get working at all.  I'm
sure I have my printcap correct - I shouldn't need any fliters if
I sent it postscript (it's a postscript printer).

mushroom|HP LaserJet 6MP:\
	:lp=/dev/lp1:\
	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/mushroom:\
	:mx#0:\
	:lf=/var/spool/lpd/mushroom/logfile:\
	:af=/var/spool/lpd/mushroom/accounting:

But I don't think it has anything to so with spooling at all, because
even if I try to cat postscript to the printer, nothing happens.  I've
enabled printing in the kernel and recompiled it:

May 18 11:03:29 cow kernel: lp1 at 0x0378, (polling)

But echo hello | a2ps > /dev/lp1 achieves nothing.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks

- Robi

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Re: HP LaserJet 6MP printer setup

#371

Author: Rachel Polanskis
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 00:00

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In article <m23erle4wb.fsf@cow.fluffyspider.com.au>,
	robi@fluffyspider.com.au.delete.this.to.email.me (Robi Karp) writes:
> 
> Hi, I have an HP LaserJet 6MP which I cannot get working at all.  I'm
> sure I have my printcap correct - I shouldn't need any fliters if
> I sent it postscript (it's a postscript printer).
> 

Install lprNG, and also get the HP filters that you 
can get from the same site.

I have a HP5MP running on Linux servicing a mixture of Windows and SPARC
computers, doing full postscript printing and it works perfectly!

lprNG is available at:

ftp://ftp.dickory.edu/pub/lprng/

rachel


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Re: HP LaserJet 6MP printer setup

#368

Author: Chris Bitmead uid(x22068)
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 00:00

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rachel@virago.org.au (Rachel Polanskis) writes:


> In article <m23erle4wb.fsf@cow.fluffyspider.com.au>,
> 	robi@fluffyspider.com.au.delete.this.to.email.me (Robi Karp) writes:
> > 
> > Hi, I have an HP LaserJet 6MP which I cannot get working at all.  I'm
> > sure I have my printcap correct - I shouldn't need any fliters if
> > I sent it postscript (it's a postscript printer).

I have mine working fine without any filters.

If you havn't worked it out yet, email me at ChrisB@ThePla.net and
I'll send you my printcap.


> > 
> 
> Install lprNG, and also get the HP filters that you 
> can get from the same site.
> 
> I have a HP5MP running on Linux servicing a mixture of Windows and SPARC
> computers, doing full postscript printing and it works perfectly!
> 
> lprNG is available at:
> 
> ftp://ftp.dickory.edu/pub/lprng/
> 
> rachel
> 
> 
>                  defghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz:  What? No ABC?
> --
> Rachel Polanskis                 Kingswood, Greater Western Sydney, Australia 
> grove@zeta.org.au                http://www.zeta.org.au/~grove/grove.html
> r.polanskis@nepean.uws.edu.au    http://www.nepean.uws.edu.au/ccd/
>                 Witty comment revoked due to funding cuts

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