Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 23:21:07 -0400 From: Miles Lubin <miles@lubin.us> To: david.telyas@stofanet.dk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: HP Printer not working? Message-ID: <20040516232107.77ddde50.miles@lubin.us> In-Reply-To: <20040516190136.AD65216A4DA@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20040516190136.AD65216A4DA@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 21:48:22 +0200, David Telyas wrote: >I have an i386 running FreeBSD 5.2.1 and KDE, but I can't get my printer >working. It's a HP Deskjet 5550 connected via USB. I've heard about lpd >and cups, but don't know which one to use or what the difference is. So >can anyone guide a Windows user to an easy howto? I just set up my deskjet 5550 connected by USB today with CUPS. It worked perfectly in 5 minutes. All I needed to do was connect to the CUPS server and set up the printer on /dev/ulpt0 with the new deskjet driver (built in). It was so easy it was almost plug and play! Follow http://www.freebsddiary.org/cups.php and you will be fine. Dont forget to change PATH or it wont work. Miles
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