Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 11:16:52 -0500 From: Marc Wiz <marc@wiz.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Printer Message-ID: <20030406161652.GA4518@freshaire.wiz.com>
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I have been reading Konrad's posts and the replies to the mailing
list regarding getting his HP printer to work.
I also have an HP 656C USB printer. I am running 4.7-Release.
Like Konrad the kernel does see the printer when it plugged in:
Apr 6 11:06:05 freshaire /kernel: ulpt0: HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 656C, rev 1.10/1.10, addr 2, iclass 7/1
Now here comes the interesting part since I figured it would be a
good idea to start debugging this with a simple setup (no printer
spooler, etc.) I have tried to do echo "hello there" > /dev/ulpt0
and nothing happens.
It takes about 30 seconds before the command ends.
I have tried this on another system with FreeBSD and the 656C printer
and get the same results.
If I try the echo using Linux the printer works just fine. I.e. a page is
printed with "hello there".
I then verified I had the proper support in the kernel:
kldstat -v | egrep 'usb|lpt'
14 ppbus/lpt
121 ohci/usb
122 uhci/usb
127 uhub/ulpt
130 usb/uhub
The code is compiled into the kernel (not a module)
Any suggestions as to how to proceed? Are there any driver debug options
that can be enabled either for USB or the printer code?
Thanks,
Marc
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Marc Wiz
marc@wiz.com
Yes, that really is my last name.
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