From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 20 13:33:35 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4465CB99 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:33:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 061722F33 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:33:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-92-43.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.92.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3E54E3C65A; Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:33:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id r7KDXLv3005911; Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:33:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:33:21 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Warren Block Subject: Re: Setup HP Laserjet 1120m over network with LPD Message-Id: <20130820153321.c99e018a.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Juris Kaminskis , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:33:35 -0000 On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 07:31:09 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > I would get the filter working alone before involving the extra > complication of lpd. The documentation at the foo2xqx home page may > help: http://foo2xqx.rkkda.com/ That is a good advice. I'd suggest to use a PS test page as input, let it run through the filter, and send its output directly to the printer (with netcat if networked, with > to /dev/lpt or /dev/ulpt if local). If _that_ part is working, integrate it with the LPD subsystem or CUPS. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...