From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 26 17:22:48 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 188E01065670 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:22:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp109.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp109.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.92]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AFF6F8FC1D for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:22:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 13903 invoked from network); 26 Feb 2010 17:22:44 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=tFWSEm6zJoHVK1Z3sXA+zucHWqvzRqR6hohh8v1ppdzeKlUtS5LlhICKun4eQ7wBcI2oW/l7xqCmHJ+zgU+2uJ7sdj/g+sr9dqRywjSqEXDAvIZPjqKeUqpUIbmwchwyMVBlN99Y2ylgg3ZasXm86vrmo7tRgcbz2WZnd8MV1EQ= ; Received: from c-67-189-160-65.hsd1.ny.comcast.net (gesbbb@67.189.160.65 with login) by smtp109.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Feb 2010 09:22:44 -0800 PST X-Yahoo-SMTP: yeAAMgKswBATCul4lSbCWspvTA-- X-YMail-OSG: ichBl.8VM1lTCqyptZUHD20CO1c0ijfRwcyyb_BTt_hKQsSH7LtvesDiWqEhCzZG6NH0Axqs7brV5_dT4NWXxkryAFV3TYuuKCuh8qDIOTrh7XRphW7Lr3aybiNpeKebdjH1zg49Mw.idl4g4WI0EwDIbqECJg41isv6TXjuJZhuGgyPJwgGSkQtgfNsuGQx0.Du77WGDctdeH8wkcTeRLxILSSWOpmdGr0vOFOLuvEUqGJ1jvnxnxKgh6MGGWH_deTEvwvkG6BvxsXfDAq8ap.2QBTLicMznQukapZjsYnFePbV9AtHYrdDVQ-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (scorpio.seibercom.net [192.168.1.101]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: gesbbb@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 96A0722838 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:22:43 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:22:43 -0500 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100226122243.60cd98cd@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <733828.21268.qm@web36507.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <733828.21268.qm@web36507.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.5 (GTK+ 2.18.7; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Printing via USB Port X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:22:48 -0000 On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:01:35 -0800 (PST) Bill Tillman articulated: > Thanks for your reply. Your answers are usually spot on but this is > one of those difficult times when the Windows and Linux guys at work > laugh their asses off at me for being such a FreeBSD die-hard. I > thought it might be a faulty cable or even the printer shot it's wad > so I moved it over to a Windows Vista machine and poof, 15 seconds > later it had found it, installed the correct driver and printed two > pages for me. I tried your method below and even though I changed "x" > attribute all I got was the following in the /var/log/lpd-errs file: > Feb 26 11:30:29 FreeBSD1 lpd[1413]: lp: cannot > execv(/usr/local/libexec/ps2pcl): Exec format error Feb 26 11:30:29 > FreeBSD1 lpd[1412]: lp: job could not be printed > (cfA000FreeBSD1.flgmsi.com) > > So I added the standard #!/bin/sh line to the beginning of the ps2pcl > file and nothing printed, not even error messages about what > happened. And that seems to be what's going on here. I also tried the > standard ifhp filter file shown in the handbook and switched the > device from DJ500 to hl1250. This is the gs driver that worked before > with the apsfilter method when the printer was on lpt0: The queue > shows it's empty with no jobs waiting and the log files are void of > any evidence of what happened to the job. The printer sits there as > if nothing happened. I understand these are difficult topics to > overcome with FreeBSD as the docs are not always in synch with the > OS. But just like before when I had trouble getting this laser > printer to work under lpd until I found apsfilter it was difficult. > Once I had that method down it was easy to setup again. It's got to > be something simple here. Thanks again for the advice. If you think > of anything else please pass it on. In the meantime I'm still doing > google and yahoo searches and will try again with the #freebsd > channel. I feel your pain. I have struggles getting printers, especially wireless ones, working with FreeBSD for way too long also. It always seems to be a hit or miss adventure. While MS Windows has several problems, printing is not one of them. Good luck, and please post your solution once you have one. -- Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com |::::======= |::::======= |=========== |=========== | You cannot use your friends and have them too.