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Date:      Sat, 25 Jan 2003 23:23:32 -0500
From:      Gerard Samuel <gsam@trini0.org>
To:        "Remington L." <madriax@garlic.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: USB Printer setup
Message-ID:  <3E3362C4.9060906@trini0.org>
References:  <3E32EFA6.5060306@garlic.com>

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I have a doc how I setup my HP USB printer at 
http://www.freebsddiary.org/cups.php
Give that a read and see how you do...

Remington L. wrote:

> FreeBSD bathory.aria 4.7-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p3 #1: Thu Jan 
> 23 11:12:16 PST 2003     
> root@bathory.aria:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TheGateV1  i386
>
> For the past few days ive been attempting to set up my printer and 
> i've had no luck. I have a HP Deskjet 3420, "ulpt0: hp deskjet 3420, 
> rev 2.00/1.00, addr 3, iclass 7/1". This morning i set up my 
> /etc/printcap like this:
>
> # HP Deskjet 3420
> lp|lj|HP Deskjet 3420:\
>    :lp=/dev/ulpt0:sd=/var/spool/lpd:\
>    :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:sh:mx#0:\
>    :if=/usr/local/libexec/lpfilter:\
>
> I also edited my /etc/rc.conf to
> lpd_enable="YES"
>
> And then i rebooted and tried to print something: cat /etc/rc.conf > 
> /dev/ulpt0
> And nothing printed. Any suggestions on what i'm doing wrong?
>
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Gerard Samuel
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