From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 14 14:31:55 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D85EC16A41F for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:31:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 765AC43D4C for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:31:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [192.168.2.2] ([69.27.149.254]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j8EEUnc7007994; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:31:09 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <4328340E.5080600@daleco.biz> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:30:38 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050823 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: WOB References: <4327D833.6000003@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <4327D833.6000003@verizon.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Deep in printer hell. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:31:56 -0000 WOB wrote: > > When JFK said, "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the > other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard..", I > always wondered what exactly "the other things" were. Apparently, one > of them is printer configuration under FreeBSD. > > If I am using a HP Deskjet 940 connected via parallel cable, is there > not some simple way of configuring this printer? > > Is it really necessary to follow all the steps in the handbook - just to > print? The "Basic Setup" instructions are 15 pages printed. Assuming > you can print them. > > I got this printer working 6 months ago under FreeBSD, and apparently > my many notes on it are too many. Now I'm starting from scratch, to > redocument it, and it just seems like there should be a simpler way. > I'm using 5.4, Fluxbox, Abiword, and Firefox - that's it. > > Eventually I will figure it out again, I just wanted to know if there > was some simple script I could run, or "preferred short-cut" for > setting up desktop printer. I realize the handbook is written to > be precise and server-centric, but I just want to print Yahoo > driving directions, and other such things. > > thanks Andreas Klemm is your messiah! He has conquered printer hell! see /usr/ports/print/apsfilter (and www.apsfilter.org). HTH, Kevin Kinsey