From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 2 11:27:54 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 904BB195 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2015 11:27:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from patrickhess@gmx.net) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.15.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mout.gmx.net", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 26D2517C5 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2015 11:27:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from patrickhess@gmx.net) Received: from desk8.phess.net ([95.88.11.237]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx001) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0Mg3Vt-1YlEBH3Fg5-00NQNB; Tue, 02 Jun 2015 13:27:42 +0200 From: Patrick Hess To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Thomas Mueller Subject: Re: cups, and hplip too, fail to recognize printer when I try to print Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 13:27:41 +0200 Message-ID: <2323011.3jCvCUZvQ4@desk8.phess.net> User-Agent: KMail/4.14.2 (FreeBSD/10.1-RELEASE; KDE/4.14.2; i386; ; ) In-Reply-To: <9329.71691.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <263570.73680.bm@smtp114.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <4321846.9hHPBs9sCR@desk8.phess.net> <9329.71691.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:p2oE2AQzj0SRCNGYJWsTVDKCRT7iOC9d8F1O43tpOS3j1R+rZbO xjIacM66YCYYLUq9noS6F6qyJRIWqHn/rrrK1CQ7+Vc+E6A5MZKg8EipYh4Wx19UdDzC5MQ TV3Y+RGLUp7+ziRr4IQEezxAATrtZuYQPKhS/Y8c9Hncp9L9UJNyyWKANn4QxbuP3oLxPq2 xQrlUDlGpAPPtCfrCiD4Q== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1; X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 11:27:54 -0000 Thomas Mueller wrote: > I get Idle: Filter failed > on http://localhost:631 status page. Just looked up the data sheet and it seems like this "professional" printer doesn't even understand PostScript. Instead, it requires a filter that converts the PostScript used within the printing systems on any *nix box to whatever the printer can handle. I would assume that hplip did install the necessary filter, but either CUPS can't find it or the filter itself has an issue. One of the various log files in /var/log/cups might provide some more detailed information on what exactly is going on in the background. By the way, this is the exact reason why I don't buy printers without PostScript support any more. Getting this whole filter mess set up feels like an unnecessary pain that can easily be avoided by spending a few extra bucks. That's not of much help to you right now, of course, but maybe something to consider the next time you're looking to get a new printer. > But it still seems that /usr/local/sbin and /usr/local/bin in FreeBSD, > or /usr/pkg/sbin and /usr/pkg/bin in NetBSD, should properly be at the > front of the path I just deleted /usr/bin/lpr and /usr/bin/lp on my systems. Certainly not the proper way to handle things, so don't tell anybody... ;-) Patrick