From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 6 12:08:23 2003 Return-Path: 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 4E49137B401 for ; Sun, 6 Apr 2003 12:08:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freshaire.wiz.com (freshaire.wiz.com [66.143.183.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 599EA43F75 for ; Sun, 6 Apr 2003 12:08:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marc@wiz.com) Received: from freshaire.wiz.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freshaire.wiz.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h36J8Ldr020914 for ; Sun, 6 Apr 2003 14:08:21 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from marc@freshaire.wiz.com) Received: (from marc@localhost) by freshaire.wiz.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h36J8Lt3020913 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 6 Apr 2003 14:08:21 -0500 (CDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200304061908.h36J8Lt3020913@freshaire.wiz.com> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 14:07:15 -0500 From: Marc Wiz To: freebsd-questions@freshaire.wiz.com Message-ID: <20030406190715.GC4490@freshaire.wiz.com> References: <20030406161652.GA4518@freshaire.wiz.com> <20030406114918.S2977@wonkity.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030406114918.S2977@wonkity.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Resent-From: marc@wiz.com Resent-Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 14:08:21 -0500 Resent-To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: USB Printer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2003 19:08:23 -0000 On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 11:53:02AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 6 Apr 2003, Marc Wiz wrote: > > > I have been reading Konrad's posts and the replies to the mailing > > list regarding getting his HP printer to work. > > > > I also have an HP 656C USB printer. I am running 4.7-Release. > > > If I try the echo using Linux the printer works just fine. I.e. a page is > > printed with "hello there". > > Please show the exact command you gave in Linux. According to > linuxprinting.org, hpijs is used to print on this printer (i.e., it's a > Winprinter). Warren, I did the following: echo "Hello there" > /dev/usb/lp0 Regarding hpijs do I take it this is a utililty for working with Winprinters? I see there is a port for it in the ports directory. I hope this will work with cups. Great, I thought we just had to deal with Winmodems. I knew it was too good to be true for getting the printer for that price. ($29.95 special at Frys :-) Next time I will check :-) Here is the output in /var/log/syslog from booting the Linux system: Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xa800, IRQ 11 Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: hub.c: USB hub found Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:07.3 Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:07.2 Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:0b.0 Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xac00, IRQ 11 Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: hub.c: USB hub found Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected Apr 6 12:55:00 tasha kernel: usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver Apr 6 12:55:00 tasha kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device number 2 Apr 6 12:55:00 tasha kernel: hub.c: USB hub found Apr 6 12:55:00 tasha kernel: hub.c: 4 ports detected Apr 6 12:55:00 tasha kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1/1, assigned device number 3 Apr 6 12:55:00 tasha kernel: usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x3f0/0x2304) is not claimed by any active driver. Apr 6 12:55:00 tasha kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usblp Apr 6 12:55:00 tasha kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x2304 Apr 6 12:55:00 tasha kernel: printer.c: v0.11: USB Printer Device Class driver > > I was under the impression that Konrad had the working version of the > Ghostscript command line, although he hasn't confirmed that. > I have not yet seen that post. Thanks! Marc -- Marc Wiz marc@wiz.com Yes, that really is my last name.