From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 2 14:32:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66FED106566B for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2008 14:32:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 259E48FC17 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2008 14:32:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so468408ywe.13 for ; Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:31:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=bajqG3ffMBPuiArZMjI4lk9/UkAgC+63hsXLFNTu5wk=; b=ph9SOtXt1jjUDGokxCYgpACvmN3wZruqOW/uWAkpcsPUCotwN/w2T7kj9T02jc5Xr4JBmwIBcdntB6YA7PbcWJhD/Z2j7Sw7Robf0aiy7npwmaXemiK2eqs4k/sQ7jCMlPZSrphrlEjS7pzHjPOOeOXZoneqOBP5GqHmLsOl9iA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=pRX4Gn4dgOx8HwhS2T3wDDqVrF+td0+sEtb4uTvRZ2jj9T7WAgbK8NACCnof4DI0essfWT7PgsHF1yBZtiiCFnQ01QS1rUMQZVCR9azHQ6rooz0T4DYjZ2Hcf44gyhOrtNgu5miJwyJwcaCFjvTj7K4x3Cfx4FBl0ue3jZiuy/k= Received: by 10.143.160.6 with SMTP id m6mr3598051wfo.162.1212417110647; Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:31:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.143.156.7 with HTTP; Mon, 2 Jun 2008 07:31:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 07:31:50 -0700 From: "Kurt Buff" To: "Bill Moran" In-Reply-To: <20080602093856.cf2600d8.wmoran@potentialtech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080602093856.cf2600d8.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Duplex printer advice X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:32:04 -0000 On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 6:38 AM, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to "Kurt Buff" : >> >> I'm looking to replace my current printer - a Dell 1700n - because I >> can't make it work with FreeBSD/Linux. > > I think you're doing it wrong. I have a 1700 series Dell printer and it > works just fine with FreeBSD. Did you install CUPS and the ppd files? > > -- > Bill Moran > http://www.potentialtech.com Cups came installed with Suse's gnome desktop - I don't have FreeBSD installed yet - and I can't find a ppd file that makes it talk, though the installer does connect to port 9000 when testing. I could very well be doing something wrong, or at least insufficiently right, but it's not happening for me. Which ppd file are you using? Kurt