Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 07:31:50 -0700 From: "Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff@gmail.com> To: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Duplex printer advice Message-ID: <a9f4a3860806020731v290fef1avfe81d775d2e1d15b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080602093856.cf2600d8.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <a9f4a3860805311412p684b584bh45523bf0a7a5e086@mail.gmail.com> <20080602093856.cf2600d8.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 6:38 AM, Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote: > In response to "Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff@gmail.com>: >> >> I'm looking to replace my current printer - a Dell 1700n - because I >> can't make it work with FreeBSD/Linux. > > I think you're doing it wrong. I have a 1700 series Dell printer and it > works just fine with FreeBSD. Did you install CUPS and the ppd files? > > -- > Bill Moran > http://www.potentialtech.com Cups came installed with Suse's gnome desktop - I don't have FreeBSD installed yet - and I can't find a ppd file that makes it talk, though the installer does connect to port 9000 when testing. I could very well be doing something wrong, or at least insufficiently right, but it's not happening for me. Which ppd file are you using? Kurt
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