[linux-help] Re: Printer prints color graphics, but not text

[lowell <lowell@xxxxxxxxx>]

I had an older (and cheaper) bjc1000 that was postscript ONLY (how weird 
is that?)

bbales wrote:

>Hi, list,
>I'm running RH7.2 on 800 MHz Athlon with SIS motherboard and Canon bjc6000 
>printer.  Gimp prints a pretty fair picture in full color, but I can't print 
>text.  "lpr test.txt"  gets me nothing.  If the printer is turned off, I get 
>a message "lp0 offline" in var/log/messages, but if the printer is ready - no 
>message at all.
>
>/var/spool/lpd/bjc6000/bjc6000.acct  has the following jobstart and jobend 
>information logged for each attempt:
>jobstart '-Hbertha.kscable.com' '-nroot' '-Pbjc6000' 
>'-kcfA936bertha.kscable.com' '-b341' '-t2002-03-10-21:51:46.000'
>jobend '-Hbertha.kscable.com' '-nroot' '-Pbjc6000' 
>'-kcfA936bertha.kscable.com'
>'-b341' '-t2002-03-10-21:51:46.000'
>
>Printcap contains the following, which I don't understand much of.
>bjc6000:\
>        :ml=0:\
>        :mx=0:\
>        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc6000:\
>        :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc6000/bjc6000.acct:\
>        :sh:\
>        :lp=/dev/lp0:\
>        :lpd_bounce=true:\
>        :if=/usr/share/printconf/util/mf_wrapper:
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>bruce
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