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Date:      Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:24:41 +1000
From:      Malcolm Fitzgerald <thats@notyourhomework.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Help needed compiling printer source code
Message-ID:  <1209639b8bc7faaeb76ebf0932051131@notyourhomework.net>
In-Reply-To: <20060423140319.S1100@www.pukruppa.net>
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>>>>> I'm trying to install a Brother HL-1230 printer.

>>
>> Did you also have a look at
>> http://linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi? 
>> driver=hl1250&fromprinter=Brother-HL-1230
>> ?
> I think you might be lucky: they have got a .ppd file there for you  
> (Brother-HL-1230-hl1250.ppd ). Download it, put it into
>   /usr/local/share/cups/model/
> restart cups by
> # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd restart
> and try setup on http://localhost:631


No luck! Downloaded and installed the PPD. Cups can see it. I've set up  
a printer.

location: lpt0
Printer State: idle, accepting jobs
device URI: parallel:/dev/lpt0

Printing the test page does not work, the job is aborted with error:  
client-error-not-possible

malcolm




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