Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:55:55 +0000 From: Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: Neeku Shamekhi <neeku.sh@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printer Configuration Message-ID: <478534DB.7020107@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <97ca98bc0801080232x7aaf028i88fda32fb419e978@mail.gmail.com> References: <97ca98bc0801080232x7aaf028i88fda32fb419e978@mail.gmail.com>
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Neeku Shamekhi wrote: > Hi, > > I can't find out a way to configure my USB printer on FreeBSD 6.2. I used > the instructions on this link: http://www.freebsddiary.org/cups.php it > installed something; but some commands had error and I couldn't figure it > out. Could you please give me a step by step instruction to do this? > I can only really tell you what I had to do, and ask you for more information so we can try and help. For me, to get basic usb print support I had to update the ports tree to the latest (portsnap fetch && portsnap update) install CUPS (cd /usr/ports/print/cups ; make ; make install clean) activate cups in rc.conf by adding cupsd_enable="YES" turn on and connect my usb printer and check its recognised (type dmesg when you turn it on and you should see something like ulpt0: HP Photosmart C3100 series, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2, iclass 255/204 ulpt0: using bi-directional mode near or at the end of the output. start cups by running /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd start open a browser and navigate to https://127.0.0.1:631 go to administration, log in as root if needed, and go through the add printer dialog, selecting usb printer when asked for device, and the closest model to mine i could find in the following screen. After that it just worked. What errors did you get? what is the output of dmesg | grep ulpt what does /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd status return? Vince > Thanks in advance. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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