On 05/31/12 17:59, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> From Gary Aitken<a...@dreamchaser.org> : > >> I've got an HP printer directly connected to the local network. > >> hp-probe finds it: > >> #hp-probe -bnet > >> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.12.2) >> Printer Discovery Utility ver. 4.1 >> ... >> Device URI Model >> Name >> ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------ >> -------- >> hp:/net/Officejet_Pro_8500_A909g?ip=aa.bb.cc.dd Officejet_Pro_8500_A909g >> HP4356E6 > >> Found 1 printer(s) on the 'net' bus. > >> However, hp-setup and hp-uri refuse to use it: > >> #hp-makeuri -ldebug aa.bb.cc.dd > >> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.12.2) >> Device URI Creation Utility ver. 5.0 >> ... >> hp-makeuri[63924]: debug: Trying IP address aa.bb.cc.dd >> hp-makeuri[63924]: debug: Not found. >> hp-makeuri[63924]: debug: Trying serial number aa.bb.cc.dd >> hp-makeuri[63924]: debug: Probing bus: usb >> hp-makeuri[63924]: debug: Probing bus: par >> error: Device not found > >> When the gui comes up, only the USB option is enabled. There is no parallel >> port active and no wireless on the box, but at least the network connection >> should be available. > >> The probe which succeeds takes several seconds, but the hp-setup gui and >> makeuri fail immediately, and the missing ability to set the network >> discovery option in the gui lead me to believe it's not even trying the ip >> addr. > >> Anyone with experience setting these guys up have any advice? > >> Alternately, is there anything other than a special lp filter really needed, >> and if not, any suggestions on the best one to use? I looked at apsfilter >> but the installation SETUP driver options didn't seem to include this >> printer. >> Thanks > > I have an HP LaserJet M1212nf MFP, and hplip/hp-setup in FreeBSD finds the > printer all right when connected by Ethernet, but then fails on installing > the required binary plugin. Printer is not detected at all when connected by > USB. > > NetBSD 5.1_STABLE i386 with hplip 3.11.1 built from pkgsrc-wip couldn't find > the printer on Ethernet, next step is to login to wireless router, and/or > check the dmesg.boot, and then use the IP address found therefrom. > > pkgsrc-wip URL: http://pkgsrc-wip.sourceforge.net/ > pkgsrc URL: http://www.netbsd.org/docs/software/packages.html > > I wonder if I should have bought a printer, non-HP, with wireless, as long as > it also had USB and Ethernet capability. > > Seeing security advisories for FreeBSD, my next move might be to update the > source tree by csup, then rebuild (RELENG_9: 9.0-STABLE) for amd64 and build > for i386 as well. Then I would have the possibility of building wine from > the ports, and I could try the MS-Windows software. I also need to update > the other ports, including but not limited to hplip and dependencies.
I am in the process of trying to sort mine out. Found this via one of the hp linux support pages http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/support.html I'm in the process of trying to get mine working with their help. We'll see how that goes; will post results. In my case (network connection) they suggested running and sending them the output of: $ hp-check $ hp-probe -ldebug $ hp-makeuri -ldebug <ipaddress> $ hp-setup -ldebug <ipaddress> I'm in the process of sorting that out, as it may be an issue of how cups and dbus are installed which may be preventing access (file ownership issues) Gary _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
