From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 6 04:14:19 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB47F16A401 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 04:14:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B2BC13C478 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 04:14:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from tripel (tripel [192.168.1.11]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l164EFec004742; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 23:14:15 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 23:14:01 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill To: Bob In-Reply-To: <45C7F826.3070202@ecn.net.au> Message-ID: <20070205230800.P32366@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <45C7F826.3070202@ecn.net.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I use an HP printer 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: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:14:19 -0000 On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Bob wrote: > I recently purchased a Hewlett Packard Color LaserJet 2600n printer. > It works perfectly under Windows XP but I cannot get it to work under > FreeBSD 6.2. > I have set it up as a network printer on a LAN and it has it's own > permanent IP. I can ping the IP but that is all I can do. I have been using HP printers under FreeBSD for years now. Since your printer has an IP, I presume it has a JetDirect card. > Can this printer actually be made to work or am I wasting my (and > your) time even trying? You may need to set up some things in /etc/printcap. Here is the relevant portion of mine: # HP color laser lp|snow|snowball|lj|ps|HP ColorLaserJet 4550N:\ :sh:\ :sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\ :mx#0:\ :lp=:rm=snowball:rp="auto": I'm using lpr, so I had to enable that in /etc/rc.conf. I also had to manually create the directory /var/spool/output/lpd. The snowball part is a hostname for the printer, which you can set up in /etc/hosts or a split DNS. (My printers are named after Devo songs.) HTH. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]