From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 7 23:14:41 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB7951065672 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:14:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B18F8FC17 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:14:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.22]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 07 Nov 2009 18:14:40 -0500 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.10.7-GA) with ESMTP id QHL53884; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:14:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from 209-6-22-227.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([209.6.22.227]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 07 Nov 2009 18:14:08 -0500 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <19189.65344.110768.122247@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:14:08 -0500 To: Torfinn Ingolfsen In-Reply-To: References: <19189.32093.23083.795765@jerusalem.litteratus.org> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta28) "fuki" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Cc: FreeBSD Ports ML Subject: Re: semi OT: CUPS and printservers X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:14:41 -0000 Torfinn Ingolfsen writes: > > Is anyone out there using CUPS with a printserver? I have a > > Netgear PS-100, but any success story will probably help. It works > > fine with Windows XP, but I can't find the magic formula to get it > > working with CUPS. > > > > Well, according to chapter 5 ("UNIX Printing using TCP/IP") in the PS-100 > reference manual, this printerserver understands (amongst other) the LPD > protocol. The CUPS documentation have a description for LPD: > http://www.cups.org/doc-1.4/network.html#LPD > The PS-100 also supports DSI, sp you can use: > socket://*address*:4010 > socket://*address*:4020 > socket://*address*:4030 > > For the three logical printers it supports inthat mode. socket:// worked fine. Thanks immensely. Robert Huff