From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Nov 23 06:58:59 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC503C4EE1F for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 06:58:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mahan@mahan.org) Received: from ns.mahan.org (23-24-207-145-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [23.24.207.145]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 86DAFF0F for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 06:58:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mahan@mahan.org) Received: from Cone-of-Silence.local (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ns.mahan.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id uANA3X10038375; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 02:03:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mahan@mahan.org) Subject: Re: Having trouble printing to my HP OJ Pro 8600 all-in-one To: Ben Woods References: Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List From: Patrick Mahan Message-ID: <4c557a01-6267-bb61-3a2e-62d5b9408b77@mahan.org> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 22:58:56 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 06:58:59 -0000 On 11/22/16 9:06 PM, Ben Woods wrote: >> On 23 November 2016 at 12:22, Patrick Mahan >> > 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 so out of date.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 >> >> >> > > On 22 November 2016, Ben Woods wrote: > 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 > Yep, it's supported. I forgot to mention it earlier, but it is a HP OfficeJet Pro 8600 aio. > > Have you tried removing the printer from the config, and re-adding it? > I've been hesitant to do so as I also support the AirPrint via the avahi daemon and I was hoping not to mess with any of that, but if I gotta, I gotta. > 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. > Ah that explains it, maybe the description could be updated to include this tidbit of information. I just update the ports tree, so I'll go build it there. > Regards, > Ben Thanks for the help, Patrick