Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:31:56 +0200 From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> To: Bryan Cassidy <north_side_sox_fan@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP Photosmart C4180 Message-ID: <20091017203156.GA87576@triton8.kn-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <20091018083846.GA65104@.hsd1.tn.comcast.net.> References: <20091017143806.GB85318@.hsd1.tn.comcast.net.> <e7ef27990910170015o60ce3ebale87e21fb73558a03@mail.gmail.com> <20091018083846.GA65104@.hsd1.tn.comcast.net.>
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On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 03:38:46AM -0500, Bryan Cassidy wrote: > Yes, please give me more info when you find the time. I tried setting it up > a while back but just got done building a new machine and wanted to give it > another go. I got a good deal on the all-in-one and would love to get it > working. > > On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 03:15:25AM -0400, jason henson wrote: > > I have a hp photosmart c3140, I think you can use the driver for generic hp, > > plc or plc 3 I think. I can check my freebsd machine later if you need > > more. I also used lpr, the built in system print spooler I think. On Sat, > > Oct 17, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Bryan Cassidy <north_side_sox_fan@comcast.net>wrote: I don't know if that particular one speaks plc, but if you want to be able to scan too (and have X installed on the box for the gui) then look at /usr/ports/print/hplip3 - looks like it supports your all-in-one, including printing (using cups), scanning (using sane) and status info: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/photosmart/photosmart_c4100_series.html HTH, Juergen PS: I think all I had to do when testing an earlier update of that port was setting up ugen* permissions for my user in /etc/devfs.rules (there's some info in /usr/ports/print/hplip3/files/pkg-message.in - things are a little different with the new usb stack in 8 and -current tho) and then running hp-setup as root (so it can access the cups config), selecting the right ppd file for the printer. (seems to be hp-photosmart_c4100_series-hpijs.ppd.gz for yours.) PPS: your mailer sends broken Message-ID headers. :)
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