From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 22 23:10:28 2005 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 CA74416A4D2 for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:10:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FF1343D2D for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:10:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from frambozen (frambozen [192.168.1.9]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA21777; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:10:08 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:10:28 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill To: "Colin J. Raven" In-Reply-To: <20050122232006.I2927@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> Message-ID: <20050122174524.E64974@frambozen.monochrome.org> References: <41F2A87C.4060409@scii.nl><41F2B14D.8030609@trini0.org> <20050122232006.I2927@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Network Printing - Please put me out of my misery 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, 22 Jan 2005 23:10:29 -0000 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 ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]