From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 18 05:07:40 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 603271065675 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:07:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca [64.59.134.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 348878FC1D for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:07:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd7ml1no-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.153.161]) by pd6mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 17 Feb 2009 22:07:39 -0700 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=KoDPwd6_AAAA:8 a=YiIRhCulIaeGbkoZOdsA:9 a=SVTIk2WOztvZqKggRfQA:7 a=VoqDOYUVDEBH7C-DxjA2FmMOCCIA:4 a=JShPAoXAg-sA:10 a=si9q_4b84H0A:10 Received: from s0106000d935c7902.du.shawcable.net (HELO gom.home) ([70.67.160.177]) by pd7ml1no-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 17 Feb 2009 22:07:39 -0700 Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id D814317068 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:07:31 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:07:31 -0800 From: prad To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090217210731.5a11771c@gom.home> In-Reply-To: <20090218042803.GN1126@bsd.remdog.net> References: <20090218034418.GM1126@bsd.remdog.net> <20090217202246.04969fc3@gom.home> <20090218042803.GN1126@bsd.remdog.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: printer hp officejet pro k8600 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:07:40 -0000 On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:28:03 -0800 Rem P Roberti wrote: > These are the four files that I have installed: > > foomatic-db-20070124_2 Foomatic database > foomatic-db-engine-20070124,1 Foomatic database engine > foomatic-db-hpijs-1.4 Foomatic data for the HPIJS printer drivers > foomatic-filters-3.0.2_4 Foomatic wrapper scripts > thank rem! following your instructions and learning that i had a corrupt ppd file, i downloaded a new one from linuxprinting.org now the rip problem is gone and everything appears as though it should work just fine. unfortunately, cups sees the printer as 'busy' and keeps retrying the test page. i can ping the printer and print to it from both linux and xp machines, but it is showing up as busy even though i shut it off and restarted. i can't seem to print from the console either using lp - the job shows up as processing or pending but nothing prints. -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's