setup help

["Paul C. Boyle" <bronyrstomp@xxxxxxxx>]

I have installed the apsfilter on FreeBSD. I have a HP Deskjet612C. The driver I used was the cdj550 i think.
> Anyway the test page came out great. Triangle and tigers and you.
> I just can't seem to print any thing else.
> >From the FreeBSD Handbook I tried the following
> lptest > /dev/lpt0		This worked once but gave me the staircase effect.
> 			I tried it again but the printer just spits out 3 or 4 blank pages.
> cat /etc/printcap > /dev/lpt0	The printer just spits out 3 or 4 blank pages.
> Can you please help me with this.
> Paul...










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