Subject: magicfilter and pcl6
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG>
From: MLH <MLH@goathill.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/11/2002 05:44:28
I picked up a Samsung ML-1430 usb laserjet printer this weekend.
NetBSD 1.6J (GENERIC) #0: Fri Nov 1 14:55:15 UTC 2002
autobuild@tgm.daemon.org:/autobuild/HEAD/i386/OBJ/autobuild/HEAD/
src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
...
ulpt0 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0
ulpt0: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Samsung ML-1430, rev 1.10/1.00,
addr 2, iclass 7/1
ulpt0: using bi-directional mode
It states that it is a PCL6 printer.
/etc/printcap:
lp|PostScript|local line printer:\
:lp=/dev/ulpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:sh:\
:mx#5000:if=/usr/pkg/libexec/magicfilter/ljet4-filter:
The printer acts like it is responding to this but doesn't print
anything. Is there a way to get magicfilter working with this?
Actually, I can't seem to get gs to send anything to the printer
device manually, regardless of what gs device driver I use. Any
ideas on what I'm doing wrong here?