Re: HP LaserJet 5L - cannot print postscript from cmd line

[deloptes <deloptes@yahoo.com>]

michael wrote:

> It is local on this machine's parallel port (I've just been in the habit
> of lpr rather than lp but will that matter?). My lpstat -a gives
> $ lpstat -a
> laserjet accepting requests since Wed 15 Sep 2010 22:23:14 BST
> and I know it's connected okay (it just prints the p/s file rather than
> interprets it)

do you have cups-bsd installed? I think this was doing th lpr thing

usb or direct parallel doesn't matter. I have usb2parallel adaptor (younger
mainboard)

regards