Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:10:28 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: "Colin J. Raven" <colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Network Printing - Please put me out of my misery Message-ID: <20050122174524.E64974@frambozen.monochrome.org> In-Reply-To: <20050122232006.I2927@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> References: <efb858205012211125bfc5f66@mail.gmail.com> <41F2A87C.4060409@scii.nl><41F2B14D.8030609@trini0.org> <20050122232006.I2927@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl>
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, Colin J. Raven wrote:
> Damn, I was on the *verge* of heading out next week to buy one of those
> given that I could *not* get my "all-in-one" HP psc2105 to function at
> all. I'd given up after days of struggle since the end didn't seem to
> justify the means. (Windows XP box is pretty much up 24/7 anyway for
> anyone who needs to print)
Colin,
Sorry to throw in late, but I have a (not very similar) HP printer
that's been working fine and maybe I can help. I assume your psc2105 has
a JetDirect card (with RJ45 ethernet jack) - I can't really tell from
the online specs at www.hp.com. If so, have you assigned it an IP
address? I apologize if this has been answered earlier in the thread,
just had to point out the obvious.
I don't use cups - cause it looks like a huge pig :^) - but lpr has
served me well over the years. Under 5.3R, all I had to do was 4.5
things:
1) put
lpd_enable="YES"
in /etc/rc.conf
1a) Run /usr/sbin/lpd as root, or reboot; your choice.
2) make the name 'snowball' resolve to the printer's IP (because I name
printers after Devo songs). I used /etc/hosts, but you can run DNS
locally if you prefer.
3) create an entry in /etc/printcap like so:
lp|snow|snowball|lj|ps|HP ColorLaserJet 4550N:\
:sh:\
:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\
:mx#0:\
:lp=:rm=snowball:rp="auto":
4) create the directory /var/spool/output/lpd and chmod it to 755.
This works fine for printing from Mozilla and Acrobat, as well as 'lpr
somefile' type stuff.
Hope this helps.
--
Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org
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