From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 12 14:12:43 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 60B9816A4CE for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:12:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8920843FE5 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:12:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bein@world.std.com) Received: from 146-115-57-136.c3-0.wtr-ubr1.sbo-wtr.ma.cable.rcn.com ([146.115.57.136] helo=smtp.mail.rcn.net) by smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #3) id 1AK3E8-0007df-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:12:40 -0500 Received: from world.std.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.mail.rcn.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hACMD6Sm000542; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:13:07 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bein@world.std.com) Sender: bein@rcn.com Message-ID: <3FB2B072.23E45EED@world.std.com> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:13:06 -0500 From: David Bein Organization: Apparently None mach=mailhost X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: HP JetDirect EX printer problems ... 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: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:12:43 -0000 Hello ... I have an older J2383 Jet Direct box which I am trying to setup for a FreeBSD 4.9/x86 box. I have tried various things in /etc/printcap, but still I get nothing reasonable. I know the box is working because if I telnet to port 9100 on the Jet Direct and type in some lines and then quit out of telnet, it prints them. So my problem is not the hardware or network connectivity. I am confused about whether this should be "lp=@" with appropriate filters or some variant of "rm= rp=TEXT". None of the software examples I have seen appear to reference port 9100 and so I am confused as to how it knows what to connect to except in the @ configuration. Neither of these approaches worked. I am wanting to use this with an old LaserJet 4L PCL class printer. Directly connecting it to a parallel port works just fine [using apsfilter and all the other Postscript conversion software]. I just want to have it work from whichever machine using the network both for reasons of speed and not wanting to have a single box up just to print from some other machine. There was software from HP for this box for Solaris and HP-UX, but I am running FreeBSD and occasionally Solaris/x86, so I have none of the software from HP to work with. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks very much. --David