Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 17:03:10 -0600 From: Gary Aitken <ah@dreamchaser.org> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds Message-ID: <4FC7F8AE.1010307@dreamchaser.org>
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I've got an HP printer directly connected to the local network. hp-probe finds it: #hp-probe -bnet HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.12.2) Printer Discovery Utility ver. 4.1 ... Device URI Model Name ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------ -------- hp:/net/Officejet_Pro_8500_A909g?ip=aa.bb.cc.dd Officejet_Pro_8500_A909g HP4356E6 Found 1 printer(s) on the 'net' bus. However, hp-setup and hp-uri refuse to use it: #hp-makeuri -ldebug aa.bb.cc.dd HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.12.2) Device URI Creation Utility ver. 5.0 ... hp-makeuri[63924]: debug: Trying IP address aa.bb.cc.dd hp-makeuri[63924]: debug: Not found. hp-makeuri[63924]: debug: Trying serial number aa.bb.cc.dd hp-makeuri[63924]: debug: Probing bus: usb hp-makeuri[63924]: debug: Probing bus: par error: Device not found When the gui comes up, only the USB option is enabled. There is no parallel port active and no wireless on the box, but at least the network connection should be available. The probe which succeeds takes several seconds, but the hp-setup gui and makeuri fail immediately, and the missing ability to set the network discovery option in the gui lead me to believe it's not even trying the ip addr. Anyone with experience setting these guys up have any advice? Alternately, is there anything other than a special lp filter really needed, and if not, any suggestions on the best one to use? I looked at apsfilter but the installation SETUP driver options didn't seem to include this printer. Thanks
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