From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun May 14 00:28:30 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 915E0D61452 for ; Sun, 14 May 2017 00:28:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 780C01D89 for ; Sun, 14 May 2017 00:28:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 77707D61451; Sun, 14 May 2017 00:28:30 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7711AD61450 for ; Sun, 14 May 2017 00:28:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailrelay10.qsc.de (mailrelay10.qsc.de [212.99.163.152]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.antispameurope.com", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DF67B1D88 for ; Sun, 14 May 2017 00:28:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de ([213.148.129.14]) by mailrelay10.qsc.de; Sun, 14 May 2017 02:27:51 +0200 Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-93-38.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.93.38]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EBD143CC3F; Sun, 14 May 2017 02:27:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id v4E0RoDl006447; Sun, 14 May 2017 02:27:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 02:27:50 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Manish Jain Cc: Chris Hill , FreeBSD Questions List Subject: Re: Printer advice Message-Id: <20170514022750.c38d192f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-cloud-security-sender: freebsd@edvax.de X-cloud-security-recipient: questions@freebsd.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan: CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mailrelay10.qsc.de with 3BC53683457 X-cloud-security-connect: mx01.qsc.de[213.148.129.14], TLS=1, IP=213.148.129.14 X-cloud-security: scantime:.1250 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 00:28:30 -0000 On Sat, 13 May 2017 23:49:07 +0000, Manish Jain wrote: > Any recent HP printer should work well under FreeBSD. The printer > can be made to work with CUPS, and/or local printing and scanning > with hplip / sane-backends. To install everything in one go : pkg > install cups hplip sane-backends In case the printer understands PS, you usually don't need the device-specific drivers or filters. You don't even need CUPS. :-) But if you use CUPS, HP printers are quite well supported. Check at http://hplipopensource.com/ and verify the _exact_ model. It doesn't hurt if there is a PPD available. > Some printers which do not work with CUPS can be made to work > by deleting the CUPS queue and directly running the printer > under hplip. To setup hplip, use 'hp-setup'. In worst case, you can use a filter like e. g. foo2zjs and pipe its output directly into the printer device. You can automate this using the system's printing facility (lpr and printcap). But as I said, with HP printers this usually is not needed. > 2) 'scanimage -L' should list your scanner nicely, at least as root. HP printers' scanners are often well supported. You need to install and configure SANE, and then you can access the scanner via xscanimage, xsane, Gimp, LibreOffice, ... -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...