From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 30 20:34:44 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 B7FC416A4CE for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:34:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.116]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63C4B43D58 for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:34:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jayobrien@worldnet.att.net) Received: from [192.168.1.6] (dsl093-180-184.sac1.dsl.speakeasy.net[66.93.180.184]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc12) with ESMTP id <2004103020344311200mhrf9e> (Authid: jayobrien@att.net); Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:34:43 +0000 Message-ID: <4183FAE2.6080807@att.net> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 13:34:42 -0700 From: Jay O'Brien User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kent Stewart , FreeBSD - questions References: <4183F1F3.90401@att.net> <200410301304.33357.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <200410301304.33357.kstewart@owt.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: How to print to hp JetDirect/LaserJet 1300 Network printer? 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: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:34:44 -0000 Kent Stewart wrote: > On Saturday 30 October 2004 12:56 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote: > >>I'm confused, as there seem to be many conflicting directions >>out there. http://Linuxprinting.org is overwhelming. >> >>I'm a new user of 4.10. I want to print to my hp 1300 LaserJet, >>which has a JetDirect network server and is connected to my LAN. >>The Win machines on the LAN print fine to the printer. >> >>The printer is assigned the fixed IP 192.168.1.40. I can ping >>that address from my FreeBSD computer. >> >>Suggestions? > > > It is about as simple a printer to print to that you can get. On the other > hand, you have problems configuring all possibilities. I use > > lp|HPLJ2:\ > :lp=:\ > :rm=psrvr:\ > :rp=L1:\ > :if=/var/spool/lpd/lj.sh:\ > :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd:\ > :mx#0 > for my printcap entries. I have a netgear printsever and it is l1 on the > server. I can't lp a file because it stairsteps but I want to print from > kword and don't have any problem. > > Kent > > >>Jay O'Brien >>Rio Linda, CA USA Kent, How does that send the files to be printed to 192.168.1.40? Stairsteps? Jay