Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:56:52 +0200 From: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Cc: Steve Brownjohn <Steve.Brownjohn@hackney.gov.uk> Subject: Re: ulpt0 and cheap ink-jet printer Message-ID: <201003291256.52388.hselasky@c2i.net> In-Reply-To: <D4036A150CAA5C4C847F10154FA373490BD967B2@MAIL2.ad.hackney.gov.uk> References: <D4036A150CAA5C4C847F10154FA373490BD967B2@MAIL2.ad.hackney.gov.uk>
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On Monday 29 March 2010 11:26:33 Steve Brownjohn wrote: > hi all, > > I'm having no luck in getting a cheap HP printer - DeskJet 3940 - to > work with FreeBSD 8. It shows up as connected to ulpt0, but won't > respond to lp / lpr even with appropriate printcap settings. > > I'm guessing that the fact that I can't # cat file > /dev/ulpt0 has > something to do with it, perhaps the printer requires a filter to print > anything. > > At a pinch, I'll go down the HPLIP route - CUPS on its own didn't work, > even with a ulpt-less kernel - but I only want to print plain text > files! > > thanks for any ideas you may have, > > Steve > -------- > > <mailto:Steve.Brownjohn@Hackney.gov.uk> Have you tried /dev/unlpt0 ? --HPS
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