From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 16 6:53: 5 2003 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 908E337B401 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2003 06:53:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from mired.org (ip68-97-54-220.ok.ok.cox.net [68.97.54.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 87BAC43F75 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2003 06:52:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwm-dated-1048258371.0ffd19@mired.org) Received: (qmail 27419 invoked from network); 16 Mar 2003 14:52:51 -0000 Received: from localhost.mired.org (HELO guru.mired.org) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.mired.org with SMTP; 16 Mar 2003 14:52:51 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15988.36803.13363.43940@guru.mired.org> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 08:52:51 -0600 To: kaeru@pd.jaring.my Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb printers In-Reply-To: <1047805093.718.114.camel@daemon.home.net> References: <1047805093.718.114.camel@daemon.home.net> X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`; h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ From: Mike Meyer X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/0.71 (Hoop, Jr.) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In <1047805093.718.114.camel@daemon.home.net>, Khairil Yusof typed: > Once connected would the device just be something like /dev/usb0 (on > FreeBSD 5) or do you need a usb to parallel converter? There is no > mention of usb printers in the handbook. If the device is recognized as a USB printer, it will show up as /dev/ulpt0. You just use that instead of /dev/lpt0 in the printcap file. No converter or any such thing is needed. http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message