From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 14 18:50:08 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 0317B16A41F for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:50:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsdbeni@spymac.com) Received: from guri.is.scarlet.be (guri.is.scarlet.be [193.74.71.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40E2343D46 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:50:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsdbeni@spymac.com) Received: from (ip-80-236-215-168.dsl.scarlet.be [80.236.215.168]) by guri.is.scarlet.be with ESMTP id j8EInwk04760; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:49:59 +0200 From: FreeBsdBeni To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:49:28 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <4327D833.6000003@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <4327D833.6000003@verizon.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3731730.AxmZcdU0SX"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200509142049.32366.freebsdbeni@spymac.com> Cc: WOB 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 18:50:08 -0000 --nextPart3731730.AxmZcdU0SX Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 14 September 2005 09:58, 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 =46or my HP (PhotoSmart) I had to install /print/cups, /print/foomatic-filt= ers=20 and /print/hpijs and then configured the printer using the .ppd file from=20 www.linuxprinting.org. Now I can print from within every program. Mine is a usb printer, but I suppose your parallel printer should work in a= =20 similar way. Hope this helps. =2D-=20 Beni. --nextPart3731730.AxmZcdU0SX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDKHC898oeEzEDrEcRArVvAKCDLFqgomDpLYW8vCFTGVjx2sh1RwCePl1r aophW5/jUbBot6AJ53BGYbg= =YdNd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3731730.AxmZcdU0SX--