From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 9 20:58:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A166716A418 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:58:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (unsane-pt.tunnel.tserv2.fmt.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f03:1f1::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E700913C4D1 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:58:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from crab.unsane.co.uk (crab.unsane.co.uk [10.0.0.111]) (authenticated bits=0) by unsane.co.uk (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m09KvnCH024863 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:57:50 GMT (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Message-ID: <478534DB.7020107@unsane.co.uk> Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:55:55 +0000 From: Vince User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071121) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Neeku Shamekhi References: <97ca98bc0801080232x7aaf028i88fda32fb419e978@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <97ca98bc0801080232x7aaf028i88fda32fb419e978@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printer Configuration X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:58:57 -0000 Neeku Shamekhi wrote: > Hi, > > I can't find out a way to configure my USB printer on FreeBSD 6.2. I used > the instructions on this link: http://www.freebsddiary.org/cups.php it > installed something; but some commands had error and I couldn't figure it > out. Could you please give me a step by step instruction to do this? > I can only really tell you what I had to do, and ask you for more information so we can try and help. For me, to get basic usb print support I had to update the ports tree to the latest (portsnap fetch && portsnap update) install CUPS (cd /usr/ports/print/cups ; make ; make install clean) activate cups in rc.conf by adding cupsd_enable="YES" turn on and connect my usb printer and check its recognised (type dmesg when you turn it on and you should see something like ulpt0: HP Photosmart C3100 series, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2, iclass 255/204 ulpt0: using bi-directional mode near or at the end of the output. start cups by running /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd start open a browser and navigate to https://127.0.0.1:631 go to administration, log in as root if needed, and go through the add printer dialog, selecting usb printer when asked for device, and the closest model to mine i could find in the following screen. After that it just worked. What errors did you get? what is the output of dmesg | grep ulpt what does /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd status return? Vince > Thanks in advance. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"