From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 16 20:40:03 2004 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 3448C16A4F3 for ; Sun, 16 May 2004 20:40:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from anggerik.synthexp.net (anggerik.meltech.net.my [202.71.100.92]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F8AA43D39 for ; Sun, 16 May 2004 20:40:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ihsan@synthexp.net) Received: from webmail.synthexp.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by anggerik.synthexp.net (Postfix) with SMTP id A99905081A for ; Mon, 17 May 2004 11:38:55 +0800 (MYT) Received: from 202.189.48.226 (proxying for unknown) (SquirrelMail authenticated user ihsan) by webmail.synthexp.net with HTTP; Mon, 17 May 2004 11:38:55 +0800 (MYT) Message-ID: <24155.202.189.48.226.1084765135.squirrel@webmail.synthexp.net> In-Reply-To: <20040516232107.77ddde50.miles@lubin.us> References: <20040516190136.AD65216A4DA@hub.freebsd.org> <20040516232107.77ddde50.miles@lubin.us> Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 11:38:55 +0800 (MYT) From: "Ihsan Junaidi Ibrahim" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: HP Printer not working? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: ihsan@synthexp.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 03:40:03 -0000 > 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'd gotten it to work with print/apsfilter port using the dj990 driver of the hpijs package set. There were no native dj5550 driver 6 months ago hence why I had to use the older driver. It worked fairly well. It's been long since, the situation may have changed now. The setup was fairly intuitive and I remember the first time round, I managed to get it up and running within 5 minutes. However, you don't get the flashy HP Printer Assistant so it's hard to run diagnostics such as checking the ink level and whatnot. Unfortunately there are no easy printing how-to AFAIK for new users especially ones coming in from Windows.