Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:37:31 -0500 From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> To: Ross <basarevych@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: SOLVED! Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer Message-ID: <CAJ5UdcOtyoxrOrR1eGT_DfTQjAweiJ28EB7Atj2sVSWDGS2h3w@mail.gmail.com>
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>> I will be patient and try some things out then report back. =A0I >> appreciate the help and if I can't find a solution, I will take the >> plunge :) and hopefully not fail. >> >> Regards, >> >> Antonio >> > > If you do decide to take this route, it's not that hard to recompile a ke= rnel. > > # csup -h cvsup.FreeBSD.org -L2 /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfil= e > > Copy your kernconf, say COFFIN, to /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/ if you are > on 32bit or to /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/ if on amd64. > The file could be just the following (just the GENERIC kernel, > slightly modified): > --- cut --- > include =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 GENERIC > > ident =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 COFFIN > > # Remove legacy support > nocpu =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 I486_CPU > nocpu =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 I586_CPU > > # HPLIP can't work whithout this > nodevice =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0ulpt > --- cut --- > > # cd /usr/src > # make buildkernel KERNCONF=3DCOFFIN > # make installkernel KERNCONF=3DCOFFIN > # reboot > > That's it. > Thank you very much Ross & Warren. You guided me in the right direction. To solve the printing issue I installed apsfilter and chose the hpij drivers, the printer appeared and I selected it. I then configured it and voila it worked :) I found the following page http://www.freebsdfoo.com/bsd-print-foo.txt and it helped me. I is an old printer my mom got for me in a yard sale three years ago and thankfully to you guys, with your suggestions/advice I got it to work with FreeBSD amd64 8.2! Regards, Antonio @Ross, I might take the advice of compiling the kernel as I am heavily looking to create a livecd/livedvd of FreeBSD. I liked freesbie, installed it port, but don't know how to use it/create it. I like Frenzy but can't find the SDK, I will create a new thread on this later. Thanks again.
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