Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:15:28 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Andrew Falanga <af300wsm@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Having trouble getting cups working Message-ID: <18446.272.148614.854874@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <200804220840.16594.af300wsm@gmail.com> References: <200804220840.16594.af300wsm@gmail.com>
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Andrew Falanga writes: > 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. huff@>> cat /usr/local/etc/cups/printers.conf # Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.3.6 # Written by cupsd on 2008-04-17 12:22 <Printer 6mp> Info LaserJet 6MP Location 2nd floor DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lpt0 State Idle StateTime 1176603287 Accepting Yes Shared Yes JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 OpPolicy default ErrorPolicy stop-printer </Printer> works for me uder cups-1.3.7. You will need to have the correct permissions for /dev/lpt0. Robert Huff
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