From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 19 09:05:36 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 4419016A4B3 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 09:05:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from stork.mail.pas.earthlink.net (stork.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96F5D43FCB for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 09:05:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from 22-15.lctv-b4.cablelynx.com ([24.204.22.15] helo=yoda.datawok.com) by stork.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1A0Nl7-0002Vt-00; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 09:05:25 -0700 From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: Jesse Sheidlower , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:05:50 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <20030919153957.GA19193@panix.com> In-Reply-To: <20030919153957.GA19193@panix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200309191105.50760.algould@datawok.com> X-ELNK-Trace: ee791d459e3d6817d780f4a490ca69564776905774d2ac4bc3493987b87850df5ee1d54149d91ebd350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c Subject: Re: CUPS vs. apsfilter--newbie setup 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: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 16:05:36 -0000 On Friday 19 September 2003 10:39 am, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > I'm trying to get my 4.8-running laptop hooked up to > some printers, and I'm having trouble getting it configured > with either CUPS or apsfilter (as someone here had recommended). > I've tried to look over the docs, and search through here, but > am still stumped for what I'm supposed to be doing. > > I'm also not clear on why these systems don't interoperate, or, > rather, why an entry in /etc/printcap generated from apsfilter > doesn't show up in CUPS. It would be nice if you could use > these together. > > First, I was able to configure printing on a local USB printer > with each system, though apsfilter has a vastly greater number > of drivers available. Is there a way to get CUPS to read these > drivers, or to separately install ones that it can handle? > > I'm not able to get either one to work with a networked printer. > With CUPS, I can get it to the point where I can print a test > page, by choosing the device "AppSocket/HP Jet Direct" (though > it's not a Jet Direct printer, just a regular TCP/IP interface) and > using a device URI of socket://1.2.3.4:9100/ , but I > can't get anything else to print on this printer. I wasn't able > to get it to print even a test page by using any lpd combination > I could come up with. > > With apsfilter, I can't get it set up at all; anything I try > gives "lpr: unable to print file: client-error-not-found" > when I try to do a test page. > > Assuming I ever do manage to get this configured, is there a > way to choose printers from within apps? In Mozilla, even with > several (dummy) printers entered, the only option for "Printer" > is PostScript/Default, and from, say, Emacs, there's just the > various print options. Do I have to choose this from the > command line outside of the apps? > > Thanks very much. > > Jesse Sheidlower This may sound like a dumb question, but did you start the printing service 'lpd'? The default installation of FreeBSD does not start this service.