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Date:      Wed, 31 Dec 2003 20:54:21 -0800
From:      Tony Allen <Soulsurfer@SoulsurfersRealm.com>
To:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   cups with foomatic
Message-ID:  <200312312054.21073.Soulsurfer@SoulsurfersRealm.com>
In-Reply-To: <20031230200045.2943316A4CE@hub.freebsd.org>
References:  <20031230200045.2943316A4CE@hub.freebsd.org>

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Hi,
I'm trying to get my USB hp psc 2110 to work with freebsd and I've run into a 
wall.  At first I thought it was a matter of installing the newest cups and 
cups-base but then I found out that most drivers weren't in the 
administration for cups through http://localhost:631.  Then I read about 
foomatic-db and foomatic-db-engine ports.  I installed both of those but the 
correct printer still didn't show up in the cups setup.  
After being unable to find the answer to the foomatics riddle, I downloaded 
the ppd file from linuxprinting.org for my printer and copied it to 
/usr/local/share/cups/model/.
I read that I needed foomatic-filters, i.e. - foomatic-rip and 
foomatic-gswrapper, so i built from source that i downloaded from 
linuxprinting.org.  I copied foomatic-rip and foomatic-gswrapper to 
/usr/local/bin like the directions i read said to do.
(by the way, if you're curious about the directions i read, here's the link: 
http://webs.tconline.net/softedges/linux/cugbsd4.html )

At any rate, after copying the ppd file, i did see my printer model in the 
cups setup, but when i try to send a job to it, nothing happens.  I set the 
cupsd.conf to debug and looked at the error_log but couldn't find what was 
happening wrong.  the only thing I saw was that the locale LC_ALL isn't set, 
so it went to standard locale "C".  and the printing ended D 
[31/Dec/2003:18:26:08 -0800] StopJob: printer state is 3
I'm not sure if 3 is a good state or bad state.
I dont want to make the message too long by including my error log, but you 
can look at part of it at www.soulsurfersrealm.com/error_log
I'm not very good at undersatnding everything so I only cut as much out as i 
thought could be disregarded.
One last thing, I'm not sure if i have to do something else to make it work 
but does the ppd file automatically call for the program it needs, in this 
case hpijs?
Thanks for your help!
Tony



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