Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:47:52 +0000 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: weif@weif.net, glyn@millingtons.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can you ACTUALLY print from FreeBSD? Message-ID: <9B2BDFC5F4D9083916FFE187@utd65257.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <20090420173603.8CF7EA3DC7@maxine.cjones.org> References: <20090420145839.5D396A3DC7@maxine.cjones.org> <86fxg3gwny.fsf@nowhere.org> <20090420173603.8CF7EA3DC7@maxine.cjones.org>
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--On Monday, April 20, 2009 12:36:03 -0500 Keith Seyffarth <weif@weif.net> wrote: >> >> A laudable ambition! > > OK, honestly, am I working under a valid assumption that it *is* > possible to print from FreeBSD? Or is this just going to engender > greater frustration? > I can print from my FreeBSD box using CUPS. Whether you can from yours I can't say. >> > cups-base-1.3.9_3 Common UNIX Printing System >> > cups-pdf-2.5.0 A virtual printer for CUPS to produce PDF files >> > cups-pstoraster-8.15.4_2 Postscript interpreter for CUPS printing to >> > non-PS printers gutenprint-cups-5.1.7_3 GutenPrint Printer Driver >> > libgnomecups-0.2.3_1,1 Support library for gnome cups admistration >> > hplip-2.8.2_4 Drivers and utilities for HP Printers and All-in-One >> > device >> This is what I have: pauls@utd65257# pkg_info -a | grep cups | sort -u Information for cups-base-1.3.9_3: Information for cups-pstoraster-8.15.4_2: WWW: http://www.cups.org/ WWW: http://www.cups.org/ghostscript.html cups-base-1.3.9_3 cups-pstoraster-8.15.4_2 that use these filters. This software is available in the cups-pstoraster > > OK. I created and edited this file. At least now on attaching the > printer, the permissions are other than root:operator. > I never had to do this to get printing working, and my devfs.conf file is a sample file with no lines uncommented. Printing works fine. (Note that I am not printing to a local printer.) > > That doesn't change the behavior. It still fails to print, and seems > to error on a missing dll. > This makes no sense at all. DLLs are a Windows version of a library. FreeBSD doesn't use them. Are you by any chance trying to print through Wine? >> > And, actually, a third printing-related issue: How do I get cupsd to >> > start on startup? I have these two lines in /etc/rc.conf:\ >> > >> > cupsd_enable="YES" # enable cups printing management >> >> That should be enough to get it running. > > it doesn't. :( > Do you have the startup script: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd ? If so, what is the output of /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd status? You should have the following files and folders: /usr/local/etc/cups/ classes.conf interfaces/ mime.types.N pstoraster.convs cupsd.conf mime.convs ppd/ snmp.conf cupsd.conf.N mime.convs.N printers.conf snmp.conf.N cupsd.conf.default mime.types printers.conf.O ssl/ What's the output of this command? # grep -v "#" /usr/local/etc/cups/cupsd.conf What's the output of this command? # cat /usr/local/etc/cups/printer.conf Have you read the CUPS documentation? http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/overview.html -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* Check the headers before clicking on Reply.
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