Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 14:07:15 -0500 From: Marc Wiz <marc@wiz.com> To: freebsd-questions@freshaire.wiz.com Subject: Re: USB Printer Message-ID: <20030406190715.GC4490@freshaire.wiz.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200304061908.h36J8Lt3020913@freshaire.wiz.com> In-Reply-To: <20030406114918.S2977@wonkity.com> References: <20030406161652.GA4518@freshaire.wiz.com> <20030406114918.S2977@wonkity.com>
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On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 11:53:02AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 6 Apr 2003, Marc Wiz wrote: > > > I have been reading Konrad's posts and the replies to the mailing > > list regarding getting his HP printer to work. > > > > I also have an HP 656C USB printer. I am running 4.7-Release. > > > If I try the echo using Linux the printer works just fine. I.e. a page is > > printed with "hello there". > > Please show the exact command you gave in Linux. According to > linuxprinting.org, hpijs is used to print on this printer (i.e., it's a > Winprinter). Warren, I did the following: echo "Hello there" > /dev/usb/lp0 Regarding hpijs do I take it this is a utililty for working with Winprinters? I see there is a port for it in the ports directory. I hope this will work with cups. Great, I thought we just had to deal with Winmodems. I knew it was too good to be true for getting the printer for that price. ($29.95 special at Frys :-) Next time I will check :-) Here is the output in /var/log/syslog from booting the Linux system: Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xa800, IRQ 11 Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: hub.c: USB hub found Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:07.3 Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:07.2 Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:0b.0 Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xac00, IRQ 11 Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: hub.c: USB hub found Apr 6 12:54:59 tasha kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected Apr 6 12:55:00 tasha kernel: usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver Apr 6 12:55:00 tasha kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device number 2 Apr 6 12:55:00 tasha kernel: hub.c: USB hub found Apr 6 12:55:00 tasha kernel: hub.c: 4 ports detected Apr 6 12:55:00 tasha kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1/1, assigned device number 3 Apr 6 12:55:00 tasha kernel: usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x3f0/0x2304) is not claimed by any active driver. Apr 6 12:55:00 tasha kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usblp Apr 6 12:55:00 tasha kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x2304 Apr 6 12:55:00 tasha kernel: printer.c: v0.11: USB Printer Device Class driver > > I was under the impression that Konrad had the working version of the > Ghostscript command line, although he hasn't confirmed that. > I have not yet seen that post. Thanks! Marc -- Marc Wiz marc@wiz.com Yes, that really is my last name.
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