I'm a Linux person trying out FreeBSD for the first time. I just installed 5.1. Most things work pretty well so far, but I can't get the print system to work right. I can print plain text files, but I can't print web pages or .ps files.
My printer is a HP DeskJet 694C. I have a file called /usr/local/libexec/if-ps, which is an exact copy of the one listed (called ifhp) in the "FreeBSD Handbook." The only difference is that I replaced "djet500" with "cdj670". (I tried other choices also.) When I try to print a web page or a .ps file, nothing happens. I know that lpr is seeing my if-ps file because when I put "echo test" into it, "test" gets printed. Here's what I see in /var/log/lpd-errs: Error: /invalidfileaccess in --.outputpage-- Operand stack: 1 true Execution stack: %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- 0 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- Dictionary stack: --dict:1059/1123(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:170/200(L)-- Current allocation mode is local Last OS error: 45 GNU Ghostscript 7.06: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 Aug 2 14:40:18 swing lpd[606]: HP694C: job could not be printed (cfA030swing.dad.org) What's going on here? Is ghostscript not working? (GhostView seems to work okay - except it won't print.) I see that CUPS is on my system. But, I don't see any documentation for it. On my Linux system, these two statements in my /etc/rc.local take care of everything: /usr/sbin/cupsd /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p DeskJet -E -v parallel:/dev/lp0 -m deskjet.ppd But, there's no lpadmin on my FreeBSD system. If someone could give me a simple CUPS solution, that would be fine too. Duane --------------------------------------------------------- Duane A. Damiano [EMAIL PROTECTED] P. O. Box 22429 Phone: 410-685-6221 Baltimore MD 21203-4429 U.S.A. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"