Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:47:49 -0500 From: Franci Nabalanci <lumiwa@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printer - broadband router Message-ID: <CAJHU=ooA3-ta5Yx8K_a=wx5Ei1mrjAtHxR9gRjL=BKJa54_TNA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1107191908440.84140@wonkity.com> References: <201107191654.00887.lumiwa@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1107191908440.84140@wonkity.com>
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I am so sorry it was my mistake: the printer is HP Business inkjet 3000. On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jul 2011, ajtiM wrote: > > My system: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p1 #0m I use KDE 4.6.5 >> CUPS and HPLIP are installed. >> I have an old broadband router D-604 (dlink), cable Internet and my >> computer >> with FreeBSD and the other one with Windows are connected to the router. >> I got HP bussiness inkjet 5000 which was connected to the network (my >> work). >> And the last one: I never had printer on my computer with FreeBSD and >> looks >> like is not so easy to setup. >> >> I just run HP Device Manager and it didn't find anything but light where >> is >> printer connected blink. >> > > Setting up printers on FreeBSD generally isn't that hard. Difficulties > come from cheap printers that have oddball page description languages or > "host-based" printers which expect bitmaps only, and in a specific format. > Some of these printers require a firmware download before they can do > anything. > > openprinting.org doesn't list a Business Inkjet 5000, so I can't tell what > PDLs it understands. >
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