Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:24:51 -0200 From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" <unixmania@gmail.com> To: Bahman Kahinpour <bahman.linux@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very Important Note on HP LaserJet P1102 on FreeBSD Message-ID: <AANLkTimgQH6H5rUHtPvkHYbh1SSTU5-8p8bNeyzawLKK@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinwhufgXq=EM7kOYnJT2bnaHAUfpj306Wtq91i_@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTinwhufgXq=EM7kOYnJT2bnaHAUfpj306Wtq91i_@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Bahman Kahinpour <bahman.linux@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi dear FreeBSD people, > After spending a lot of time on making my HP LaserJet P1102 work on > FreeBSD, I found out what the problem is!!! Please tell this to > anybody who has problems with HP P1102 on FreeBSD! > The problem with this HP model is that it has a fake CD-ROM which > contains the Windows drivers. The USB must actually be switched from > the CD-ROM mode to the Printer mode in order to work. Otherwise, the > printer will not work whatever you do. /dev/ulpt0 will not show up > either. > ---> The workaround is this: You must (unfortunately) connect the > printer to a Windows system and run SIUtility.exe or SIUtility64.exe > from the UTIL folder in the Driver CD-ROM (physical CD-ROM that comes > with the printer not the fake one) and completely disable this "HP > Smart Install" feature. After disabling this feature, everything will > be fine on FreeBSD and life will be more beautiful. > * Please pass this info on blogs, wikis, ... . I do not want other > FreeBSD fans suffer this pain. > Good luck First of all, I must make clear that regardless the fact that I work for HP and have been working on Laserjet printer firmware for more that five years -- though not on this particular printer model -- I'm speaking for myself, not for the company. >From my own experience, you will probably achieve much better results from HP printers if you choose the network-enabled models (those whose names have a "n" or "w" suffix), not the host-based ones. This is especially true regarding printer management, since the net-enabled printers have an embedded web server. They also support management and monitoring via SNMP, which is very helpful.
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