Like I said, this is just my laptop connected to a printer via the parallel port.
Nothing to do with Windows, Samba nor a web server. I'll be happy enough if I can get the basics up and running. -------------------------------------------- Kiffin Gish Gouda, The Netherlands ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin J. Raven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kiffin Gish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 13:23 Subject: Re: Cannot connect to printer... > On Jan 22 at 12:27, Kiffin Gish launched this into the bitstream: > > > I have read the manual carefully, looked in the forums and tried everything, > > but for the life of me I just cannot get my printer to work under FreeBSD. > > > > Actually my setup is nothing complicated or so you would think. I have an HP > > Deskjet 720C connected to my parallel printer port. It workes just fine > > under Windows so I know that the hardware, cables etc. are fine. > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > Well, I'm a newbie myself, but... > I think some more details might be helpful: > Are you sharing (or intending to share) your printers amongst Windows > clients? If so, Samba is necessary, as is swat. (uncomment the swat line > in inetd.conf) also you may (or may not since apprently this is a hot > issue) may wish to use Cups. > You could also manage much of this process from within Webmin if you > have it installed - it's a great tool, I wouldn't be without it. I don't > say webmin is a substitute for the command line, but a terrific adjunct > to it. /usr/ports/sysutils/webmin takes your right to it. Getting samba > up and running is fairly trivial if you do it all (or mostly) from > webmin, also webmin has a swat interface!! > Concerning the specific printer model, well I just don't know. You would > have to do some reading on the CUPS help page. > > If you do want to use cups, cupsd has to be running. > At that point you can play with some cups > settings on the web based admin page (see below). I suggest starting > with webmin first and enable stuff from there onwards in stages. > > Localhost URL's for various www-based admin interfaces: > > Webmin (unless you configure it differently) defaults to: > http://localhost:10000 > or, if you have SSL up and running at > https://localhost:10000 > > Swat ([S]amba [W]eb [A]dministration [T]ool) - once enabled - is > available at:http://localhost:901 > > CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) is available at: > http://localhost:631 > > Ports you may care to install: > Webmin: /usr/ports/sysutils/webmin > Samba: /usr/ports/net/samba3 > > These are some suggestions only, and obviously predicated on the > assumption you want to enable printing via Samba/CUPS. Should you wish > to approach the matter from a Unix-only perspective, YMMV. > > Good Luck! > > Regards & HTH, > -Colin > -- > Colin J. Raven > FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE - http://www.FreeBSD.org - There can be only One > Sat Jan 22 13:21:00 CET 2005 > 1:21PM up 2 days, 2:11, 5 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
