From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 27 11:49:02 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 D3A271065679; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:49:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D59D8FC17; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:49:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iyb26 with SMTP id 26so1416210iyb.13 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:49:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=BU2K6ydXz7OEecB4Z474Uy0ZrIMM+wRYHLtv27BsTtA=; b=ONTLUz9lK/Uj9/UxD9047a6o9AZY0DCYIQwRRfWJ6ZLveEl6NAVjdfyzmwm3YfGxxN R9sbP73Clb6Lw0nZcWIeiTWsDClTxA6BzTNIRItaes3lsPC4GV8QtQQlEN86LgYX/9vD ETYEo3Gvu5QN6oma0XmHhf9L52yfc5YLn0cuA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=TiaA1xhwiVo8+QTU8yup2AE6ZAZPKEjrkDFobyrOU5FukXRsESBKSlkx0WYQqWIaYG OONjYc3xZfmY8gd7gsj8CpHaq3/IWSPDpeNFKXnZ7tPbMmlBLakKONoF34XiCFPn9W81 uxnka/uUt3Z0Teo53M0jJ5QFFH7qsZTu2Kv7Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.35.204 with SMTP id q12mr727480ibd.191.1296127491502; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:24:51 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.162.79 with HTTP; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:24:51 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:24:51 -0200 Message-ID: From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" To: Bahman Kahinpour Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very Important Note on HP LaserJet P1102 on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:49:02 -0000 On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Bahman Kahinpour 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.