On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 05:20:06PM +0300, Bogdan Mihalcea wrote: > Hello! > > I have compiled and installed the CUPS package (cups, cups-base, > cups-lpr, cups-pstoraster). All went well, I had no errors whatsoever. > After, I tried to install (add) my printer with the command # kprinter > (Add Printer wizard, under KDE). In spite of the fact that the > foomatic-db package is also installed, when I try to install my local > printer (on the parallel port), the Printer Model Selection dialog box > is empty, and I have no printers in my database. > It would be of great help for me if you could give me a hint how to > solve the problem, because I can not use my printer under FreeBSD at > all. I'm using FreeBSD 5.1 at home, but I have the same problems at > office, where I use FreeBSD 4.8.
Try to use the web interface. Take a look to this link: http://www.freebsddiary.org/cups.php In this article, they use a USB printer but it might be useful. Ahh.. you must read the cups documents they have a lot of useful information. > Thank you very much and excuse me for the trouble I'm causing. > You are not causing troubles. :) _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
