From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 4 02:15:52 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFBFD16A4CE for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 02:15:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from mindfields.energyhq.es.eu.org (73.Red-213-97-200.pooles.rima-tde.net [213.97.200.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E77943FE5 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 02:15:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org) Received: from scienide.energyhq.es.eu.org (scienide.energyhq.es.eu.org [192.168.100.1]) by mindfields.energyhq.es.eu.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A8B94356EC; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 11:15:13 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 11:15:18 +0100 From: Miguel Mendez To: andy@neu.net Message-Id: <20031104111518.20a9fe12.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.5-gtk2-20030906 (GTK+ 2.2.4; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printing setup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 10:15:52 -0000 On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 06:09:53 -0500 (EST) andy@neu.net wrote: Hi, > What is the fastest and easiest way to get printing setup on 5.1 > release? I have a Brother 1440 connected to the printer port. I want > to be able to print from the print sever and a few other BSD machines, > and also to setup samba to allow other machines on the local network > to share the printer. I tried CUPS it did not work. I also tried > LPRng, but had trouble getting it configured also. I tried to > download and compile Printtool, but that didn't work either. Is there > a graphical printer configuration tool for BSD? Please cc > me with responses. I use a Brother 1430 in FreeBSD 5.1, and it works very well. I connected it to the USB port and installed CUPS. Then I downloaded the foomatic-rip script from http://www.linuxprinting.org and the HL1250 ppd for CUPS. Works like a charm. Install the ppd file and the foomatic stuff and then start cupds (/usr/local/etc/rc.d/cups.sh start). Point your browser to http://localhost:631 and enter the user when prompted (root and its password). Your files should like this: /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-gswrapper /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip /usr/local/share/cups/model/Brother-HL-1430-hl1250.ppd Create a new printer and choose the Brother model. Should just work. Also check www.linuxprinting.org, it has a lot of info of the matter. Cheers, -- Miguel Mendez http://www.energyhq.es.eu.org