Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:06:11 +0800 From: Ben Woods <woodsb02@gmail.com> To: Patrick Mahan <mahan@mahan.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Having trouble printing to my HP OJ Pro 8600 all-in-one Message-ID: <CAOc73CBFjbGo_jjBQmfsWshBPsHhpZNmS-V1x_3t%2B%2BQnHz=awg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b63c46fd-b586-bab9-f053-13fbc2e515cc@mahan.org> References: <b63c46fd-b586-bab9-f053-13fbc2e515cc@mahan.org>
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On 23 November 2016 at 12:22, Patrick Mahan <mahan@mahan.org> wrote: > All, > > System info: > > CPU: Intel I7 w/8 cpus @ 3.20 GHz > MEM: 12 Gbytes > HDD: 1 TB Seagate Barracuda (FreeBSD is on a 500G partition) > OS: FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE-p21 > > I just update my binary packages (after much much pain) since they were > so out of date. One of the items that seemed to drastically was CUPS. > I had CUPS-2.0.1 and now have CUPS-2.2.1, but it seems I have lost all > printing ability. I re-installed all available cups packages (except > client, > can't see where that exists) along with gutenprint and hplip. I see on > the ports page that there a secondary package called hplip-plugins but > pkg will not install it as it says it cannot find any package matching > that name. > > Cups sees the printer, it seems up, but when I attempt to print a test > page, I get the following error: > > Unable to print test page: > > Unsupported format "text/plain". > > Looking in /usr/local/etc/cups and I don't see any definition for > "text/plain". Also, the cups filter in the .ppd for the printer > is set to "application/vnd.cups-raster 0 hpcups", but I can find > no definition of vnd.cups-raster nor hpcups. > > Tried googling and most of the solutions are targeted for Linux > platforms and are packages that I no longer see in the ports tree. > > Any pointers, suggestions, how to's are appreciated. This has been > the main print server in my office and a couple of colleagues with > Apple devices (iPads, iPhones and Macbooks) depend on it for printing. > > Thanks, > > Patrick > What make/model of printer do you have? Is it supported with or without the plugin (check at link below): http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html Have you tried removing the printer from the config, and re-adding it? hplip-plugin is not available as a package because of license restrictions. It can be installed from ports (make sure the hplip-plugin ports version matches the hplip package version). http://www.freshports.org/print/hplip-plugin http://hplipopensource.com/node/309 Don't follow the instructions on how to install the plugin from the hplip website, just install it from ports if required. Regards, Ben
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