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From: Geza Ghemes <geza@huygens.uvt.ro>
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Subject: printing
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>Number:         12080
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       printing
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jun  8 05:10:01 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:    Sun Aug 22 13:02:33 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:  Sun Aug 22 13:05:27 PDT 1999
>Originator:     Charlie Root
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
Research Group in Theoretical Physics and Gravity
>Environment:

AMD K5-PR100

Lexmark 1000

>Description:

I have an Lexmark 1000 printer. On boot time system reports:
...
nlpt0: <Lexmark 1000 printer> on ppbus0
nlpt0: interrupt driven port 
...
but when I try to print anything, even trying lptest > /dev/lpt0,
when lpd was killed , only thing what I was getting it was a paper 
scrolling out from the printer, the same thing I obtain when I try 
to use the spooler.

>How-To-Repeat:


>Fix:
	
Unfortunately I have no idea

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: hoek 
State-Changed-When: Sun Aug 22 13:02:33 PDT 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
It sounds like your printer needs to be switched into a special mode 
to print plain text. 

[For any onlookers, this is a Lexmark 1000]. 

Try booting into DOS/Windows and do this, 

copy con prn 

And tye in some simple sentences.  If your printer works as expected 
when you do that, then I'll need to reopen this PR.  However, I 
believe you will find that you have the same problem when you use 
the above command.  You should read your printer manual, search the 
Internet for info on the Lexmark 1000, and possibly contact Lexmark 
and ask them how to change the mode your printer is in. 

Good luck! 
>Unformatted:
