From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 30 08:31:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63BFA16A4CE for ; Sun, 30 May 2004 08:31:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52D1A43D2D for ; Sun, 30 May 2004 08:31:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from be-well.no-ip.com ([66.30.196.44]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <20040530153131015006nm64e>; Sun, 30 May 2004 15:31:31 +0000 Received: by be-well.no-ip.com (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 60AC374; Sun, 30 May 2004 11:31:31 -0400 (EDT) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: Mikhail TSaplin References: <200405292217.54960.tsmm@list.ru> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 30 May 2004 11:31:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200405292217.54960.tsmm@list.ru> Message-ID: <44ekp29bjg.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 21 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP DJ 3550 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 15:31:32 -0000 Mikhail TSaplin writes: > I have hp deskjet 3550 usb printer, and freebsd 5.1 > ulpt determine this: > ulpt0: hp deskjet 3500, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2, iclass 7/1 > ulpt0: using bi-directional mode > But when i issue "lptest > /dev/ulpt0" or "lptest > /dev/unlpt0", > nothing happens. > > Must i send HP-oriented special text to device? > And is there anybody who have this printer working properly on freebsd? "HP-oriented special text" won't even help; this printer isn't smart enough to understand text; it requires the computer driver to more or less drive the print heads directly. I think that gimp-print somehow managed to put together a "driver" for it, which means you should be able to get it running with CUPS. You can install gimp-print through the ports system, but there probably aren't many other people using this printer with FreeBSD to give you direct advice. This printer is extremely expensive to operate, and most of HP's work on it went into a Windows driver rather than into the actual hardware.