From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 22 14:40:40 2008 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 E14E7106566C for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:40:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85DBD8FC27 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:40:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u52so3478848pyb.10 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:40:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=ulaXasxk/m2RscX+7QY9PGG0uk5vsxoMqC7EFMsYhtw=; b=Azck2VkyFkxs/X2FPITm2azXVnQ8XoDcxLVlJxFhBSUqpBISQGNwnHw7bul2thS05HqPLCAAJyXd/W7Azbmojnuyk5Vow6XoqR35L+uUNpbUKEiGEZCbrjR9MI8Djy6exaILszLvso51DsxJLX5veiCs1OyI/BeDv5FiYIVqRbk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; b=DNJVBGaYlQJUt9uvgzt2JOOlWiIEFsqFvvNxaxgdPQnAd+AipgTu3N06OVByU9rUt2WsWSKF/2C9iXhCpj6o3rD8Jg9XghpUpEDexQ4W/g1hDpiFv40Inwrg3zq/OrlkwJiK0MiXjNrRASjFo8mIhRxeyxPGDCZu6yjYSttP1mc= Received: by 10.141.164.13 with SMTP id r13mr161918rvo.90.1208875239135; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:40:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sniper ( [71.221.179.198]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b39sm11232403rvf.8.2008.04.22.07.40.36 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:40:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Andrew Falanga To: FreeBSD Questions Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:40:16 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200804220840.16594.af300wsm@gmail.com> Subject: Having trouble getting cups working 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, 22 Apr 2008 14:40:41 -0000 HI, I've never actually tried to install cups before and last night decided to give it a try because I was not having much success getting my printer working using the handbook directions. (I got it all setup correctly, obviously something is incorrect but stay with me, and although I could get stuff to print when I did 'cat > /dev/lp0' I couldn't get anything to print when I submitted to lpd.) So, I installed cups from ports, and setup my HP LaserJet 4+. All seemed to go well. At first I had a problem with an error, something like "unknown application/postscript." Anyway, some digging on the internet revealed that I needed ESP Ghostscript installed. So, I got that and that error went away. Now, however, I still cannot get it to print. When I try to submit the printer test page from the web management interface, it says, "network host 'sniper' busy: will retry in X seconds." The URI I'm using for my printer is, lpd://sniper/lj4. The printer is connected to my parallel port and I think this is what I want because the other options are whatever it is that cups calls JetDirect and then IPP and something else. Anyway, if someone could please point me in the correct direction I'd appreciate it greatly. Thanks, Andy