From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 28 10:36:25 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3336C106566B for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:36:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90A208FC0C for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:36:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywt32 with SMTP id 32so4701636ywt.13 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:36:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.236.200.201 with SMTP id z49mr2640424yhn.20.1319798183843; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:36:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-076-182-105-057.nc.res.rr.com. [76.182.105.57]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o22sm10480174yhk.17.2011.10.28.03.36.22 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:36:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3SVM2F2fzkz2CG4b for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:36:21 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:36:20 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20111028063620.3b5304d2@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20111028081055.4A5B3106564A@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20111028081055.4A5B3106564A@hub.freebsd.org> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Fast personal printing _without_ CUPS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:36:25 -0000 On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:08:07 +0000 (GMT) Thomas Mueller articulated: > from Mark Felder : > > > You've just made me a happy, happy user. I always wondered what it > > would take to get rid of CUPS, and today I've done it. Finally my > > print jobs are instantaneous here at work instead of being a > > mystery. Can't wait to go home and do the same with my personal > > laser. > > I wish I could do that with my HP n1212mf LaserJet, but the necessary > hplip port depends on cups-base. > > I could not get that printer to work on the old computer under > FreeBSD 8.2 and NetBSD 5.1_STABLE, problems with the tricky USB > interface, won't work with ulpt, but I didn't try the ethernet way > yet. > > On the new computer, FreeBSD being the only hard-drive OS installed > so far, I built hplip but haven't tested it yet. Upgrading by source > from FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2 to RC1, I was sure to deactivate ulpt in the > kernel config file. I am still struggling with some files in /etc > messed up by mergemaster. I may have found a solution but haven't > tested it yet; I did back up my old /etc directory. > > Then I have to portupgrade hplip and dependencies (portupgrade > -r ...) or the portmaster equivalent. Welcome to the wonderful world of printing on FreeBSD. By the way, is the time you are investing in this venture considered billable hours or just self-flagellation? -- Jerry ✌ jerry+fbsd@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or ignored. Do not CC this poster. Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html