Date: 05 Nov 2002 17:59:55 +0000 From: Stacey Roberts <stacey@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> To: ScaryG <freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu> Cc: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Printing to HP845c attached to Win2K - over samba? Message-ID: <1036519197.42594.50.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> In-Reply-To: <20021104182126.70c42542.freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu> References: <1036390903.42594.8.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> <20021104182126.70c42542.freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu>
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--=-cUaUrfn+e1z1VoJEQFEw Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Again! On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 23:21, ScaryG wrote: > On 04 Nov 2002 06:21:42 +0000 > Stacey Roberts <stacey@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> wrote: >=20 > > I'm trying to set up printing over samba to an HP845c printer > > attached (usb) to a Win2K box on the network. >=20 > Hi Stacey. I have almost the same setup working for me right now. FreeBS= D > 4.4 is my "main" box, and I have a Win2K box with an HP930C connected to > it, and I can print from my FreeBSD box over to the HP. This *is* encouraging, indeed! >=20 > This took me a LONG time to get working, and once, after I let > portupgrade lose on my machine for a couple days I broke the printing > thing for months before I finally decided to try and fix it. >=20 > I was unable to find any clear documentation on this. Even though I trie= d > to document what I did to fix it, I didn't do a good job on that either. > So be warned! >=20 > I found I had to use smbprint and ASPFILTER. Installing ASPFILTER will > install a host of programs. You need them all. Pay careful attention to > what type of printer(s) you install in GHOSTSCRIPT. Be sure to select > SAMBA printing in ASPFILTER. I had to select something close to the HP890= C > but it works fine. This is the bit where I once floundered with apsfilter back at FreeBSD 4.4 Stable, and again (even with a new printer!) here I find myself unable to locate *anywhere* at apsfilter.org / ghostscript.org any documentation that suggests that my printer is supported. Although, following a link from ghostscript.org to HP's linux support page, my printer *is* listed there included as a printer supported with the hpijs driver. Is HPIJS an option open to me with apsilter? I understand that you yourself weren't able to find your exact printer for your set-up, so I ask this at this stage, as I've been informed on this list that many HP DJ printers (usually the ones shipped here in teh UK) are simply not workable under unix. For what its worth, I'm willing to try again with apsfilter. >=20 > Let ASPFILTER adjust your /etc/printcap file. >=20 > You'll need a .config file in your spool directory (mine is in > /var/spool/lpd/lp). It contains the server=3D, service=3D and password=3D > variables needed for network access to the printer from the FreeBSD box. > naturally you need to set up sharing on your Win2K box that matches this > information. >=20 > I can't remember if I had to edit /usr/local/samba/smbprint or not. But > make sure this file exists and jives with the info in your /etc/printcap > file. Ditto for your spool directories. Make sure what's in your printcap > directory really exists. I also found the logfile(s) handy. The comments in smbprint advises: #smbclient=3D/usr/pkg/bin/smbclient # Assume that smbclient will be in the same place as smbprint smbclient=3D"`dirname $0`/smbclient" In addition to editing smbclient, do I have to move / symlink the finished file to where smbclient is? Thanks again for the help. I'll look forward to hearing from you again soon. Stacey >=20 > And don't forget to restart lpd when making changes at the command line > with lpc restart all >=20 > I'm doing pretty well with my setup. It even prints in color. >=20 > =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-= =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D > Scary Gerry -- Senior Systems Manager > freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu > -For web-hosting, Perl, PHP & MySql=20 > programming see http://www.interpool.ca > -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-= =3D-=3D-=3D- >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 --=20 Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com --=-cUaUrfn+e1z1VoJEQFEw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQEVAwUAPcgHGJvQeubckvvXAQGZkwgAmPYOw4vs5j48NFSP39UBEX9bMnHEmopb uiG3EgjChLjlbu67VH8/TH5VcVVx9JS4IRoxc+uBgtWdLGYTOSl2cNouViNMgwvB bdz5CwzaLC9z9YFIAEhD/Oo+5xGAmoR9oWdfx6MH8UWDTwYn1A7a0Nhnz3vtgZYd yWfF63iK4EDuVE3tqmJUk2gVKwHVt32SlKSudS1fXU3Bh94gUWq74pANaA3FZRFX LhMwtvw7vEs/Z750xl0Y+zksYcrDgioNc+JI7+kXoVzxS0uo8MfMjAE433nVNt5Y vRPNLRVmMzBW3FONyE1OnwLyfXModYSZiUTihNwXzA9WFPVAXMxrjw== =qCip -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-cUaUrfn+e1z1VoJEQFEw-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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