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Date:      Sun, 6 Apr 2003 22:00:48 -0500
From:      Marc Wiz <marc@wiz.com>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: USB Printer
Message-ID:  <20030407030048.GE20902@freshaire.wiz.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030406200113.J3742@wonkity.com>
References:  <20030406161652.GA4518@freshaire.wiz.com> <20030406114918.S2977@wonkity.com> <20030406190715.GC4490@freshaire.wiz.com> <20030406200113.J3742@wonkity.com>

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On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 08:09:52PM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 11:53:02AM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
> >
> > Please show the exact command you gave in Linux.  According to
> > linuxprinting.org, hpijs is used to print on this printer (i.e., it's a
> > Winprinter).
> 
> Okay, the good news is the Deskjet 656C is *not* a Winprinter.  From the
> above site: "Printer supports direct text printing with the `us-ascii`
> charset."

> 
> That would mean that FreeBSD's USB code doesn't like it, which would be
> the bad news.

True.

I am working on compiling the hpijs driver and associated stuff.
We'll see what happens.

Marc

-- 
Marc Wiz
marc@wiz.com
Yes, that really is my last name.



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