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Date:      Sun, 13 May 2012 18:07:00 -0400
From:      "Thomas Mueller" <mueller23@insightbb.com>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Can't get hplip to work on HP LaserJet 1212nf MFP
Message-ID:  <74.C1.26116.48030BF4@smtp01.insight.synacor.com>

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I built hplip from the ports on both the old and new computer, FreeBSD 8.2 i386 and 9.0 amd64 respectively, and can't get either of them to work, either on USB or Ethernet.

I commented out "device ulpt" in the kernel config file, but got "No devices found" in the USB setup, even though the printer was recognized by system messages and usbconfig.  When I connected the printer on the new computer via USB, ulpt.ko automatically loaded (how to prevent that?), but I got the same "No devices found" even when ulpt.ko was renamed to ulpt2.ko so it would not be found and loaded (a kludge).

The printer was found when connected by Ethernet, but the binary plugin installation failed consistently, some complaint of /etc/issue or hp-plugin-install not found.

By way of comparison, I also built hplip3 from pkgsrc in NetBSD 5.1_STABLE amd64; this was actually pkgsrc-wip (http://pkgsrc-wip.sourceforge.net).  That was version 3.11.1.  I got "No devices found" both with USB and Ethernet; could still try again with Ethernet, getting the printer IP address from either dmesg.boot or logging in to wireless router, though this is a slender chance.

hplip versions for FreeBSD are 3.11.1 on the old computer and 3.11.5 on the new computer.  I do intend to update my 9.0-STABLE installation on the new computer and then portupgrade or portmaster this and other ports, but fear more of the same frustration.  Would I need to exclude ulpt module as well as kernel config "device ulpt" line, or can ulpt.ko be prevented from automatically loading, or would that make no difference?

Are HP printers especially recalcitrant to setting up, or especially USB-quirky, as opposed to other brands such as Lexmark, Samsung, Brother, Xerox and Canon?

Other things I intend to try are with Wine; I also intend to try on Linux, possibly on NetBSD if I can get that to install and run on the new computer.  Linux is home base for hplip and much or most other open-source (quasi-)Unix software. 

Tom



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