PCL Printer

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I realize that this might be truly simple
but…How the *&^% can one install
a local HP compatible PCL 5, 6 printer?
The QNX Rtp brought tears of joy when
I first installed it and another gush when
my networking went off without a hitch.

Thanks

Ron

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Ron Burns <116oxford@home.com> wrote:
: I realize that this might be truly simple
: but…How the *&^% can one install
: a local HP compatible PCL 5, 6 printer?
: The QNX Rtp brought tears of joy when
: I first installed it and another gush when
: my networking went off without a hitch.

It should detect it automatically. Is spooler running? Type
“pidin” or “psin” to see. If it’s not there you can start it
manually by typing:

spooler -d/dev/par1 -cpcl -nMyPrinterName

If this works, create an executable shell script in
/etc/rc.d called rc.local and add the above line into it.

Let us know if you have problems.

: Thanks

: Ron

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The way things are right now, you have to say
spooler -d/dev/par1 -cpcl.cfg -nMyPrinterName
It also works without the -n

Richard.


Steve Tomkins <stomkins@qnx.com> wrote:

Ron Burns <> 116oxford@home.com> > wrote:
: I realize that this might be truly simple
: but…How the *&^% can one install
: a local HP compatible PCL 5, 6 printer?
: The QNX Rtp brought tears of joy when
: I first installed it and another gush when
: my networking went off without a hitch.

It should detect it automatically. Is spooler running? Type
“pidin” or “psin” to see. If it’s not there you can start it
manually by typing:

spooler -d/dev/par1 -cpcl -nMyPrinterName

If this works, create an executable shell script in
/etc/rc.d called rc.local and add the above line into it.

Let us know if you have problems.

: Thanks

: Ron