You know, mine has an ethernet card, I tried it and checked /var/spool/output/lpd in "status" and it says "waiting for hpprinter to come up" - which is the sad part cause its already up.
Thanks for the tip to the list though! On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:10:28 -0500 (EST), Chris Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, Colin J. Raven wrote: > > > Damn, I was on the *verge* of heading out next week to buy one of those > > given that I could *not* get my "all-in-one" HP psc2105 to function at > > all. I'd given up after days of struggle since the end didn't seem to > > justify the means. (Windows XP box is pretty much up 24/7 anyway for > > anyone who needs to print) > > Colin, > > Sorry to throw in late, but I have a (not very similar) HP printer > that's been working fine and maybe I can help. I assume your psc2105 has > a JetDirect card (with RJ45 ethernet jack) - I can't really tell from > the online specs at www.hp.com. If so, have you assigned it an IP > address? I apologize if this has been answered earlier in the thread, > just had to point out the obvious. > > I don't use cups - cause it looks like a huge pig :^) - but lpr has > served me well over the years. Under 5.3R, all I had to do was 4.5 > things: > > 1) put > lpd_enable="YES" > in /etc/rc.conf > > 1a) Run /usr/sbin/lpd as root, or reboot; your choice. > > 2) make the name 'snowball' resolve to the printer's IP (because I name > printers after Devo songs). I used /etc/hosts, but you can run DNS > locally if you prefer. > > 3) create an entry in /etc/printcap like so: > lp|snow|snowball|lj|ps|HP ColorLaserJet 4550N:\ > :sh:\ > :sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\ > :mx#0:\ > :lp=:rm=snowball:rp="auto": > > 4) create the directory /var/spool/output/lpd and chmod it to 755. > > This works fine for printing from Mozilla and Acrobat, as well as 'lpr > somefile' type stuff. > > Hope this helps. > > -- > Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ] > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- gabriel, Member of: FreeBSD-Announce FreeBSD-Hardware FreeBSD-Multimedia FreeBSD-questions _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
