From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 16 15:44:48 2005 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 5665716A4CE for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 15:44:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.io.com (smtp.io.com [209.198.128.91]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0087F43D1F for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 15:44:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eighner@io.com) Received: from io.com (206-224-83-105-dialup.io.com [206.224.83.105]) by smtp.io.com (8.13.3/8.13.1) with SMTP id j3GFijCG098302; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:44:46 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from eighner@io.com) Received: by io.com (nbSMTP-0.98) for uid 1001 for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:43:46 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:43:05 -0500 (CDT) From: Lars Eighner To: Andrea Riela In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20050416103842.V3139@goodwill.io.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.83/833/Fri Apr 15 21:31:36 2005 on smtp.io.com X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: about hpoj 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: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 15:44:48 -0000 On Sat, 16 Apr 2005, Andrea Riela wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi folks, > > what I've to do to print correctly a file with my HP OfficeJet 7140xi through > a network connection? > I've installed the hpoj port, and I could see: > > elessar# ptal-hp device > Model name: officejet > Model number: 7140xi > Serial number: HU3BKFM0TC6L > Firmware version: GD206R > Firmware datecode: (unavailable) > > > but if I try with ptal-print < file, the printed page is incorrect :) > Maybe I need cups or something like that? Yes. And you might have to rebuild hpoj with cups support. The cups documentation is pretty tough going, but the FreeBDS diary has a step-by-step which is very helpful. Once it is set up, cups administration is easy with any browser (lynx will work). -- Lars Eighner eighner@io.com http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266