On Monday 29 March 2010 11:26:33 Steve Brownjohn wrote: > hi all, > > I'm having no luck in getting a cheap HP printer - DeskJet 3940 - to > work with FreeBSD 8. It shows up as connected to ulpt0, but won't > respond to lp / lpr even with appropriate printcap settings. > > I'm guessing that the fact that I can't # cat file > /dev/ulpt0 has > something to do with it, perhaps the printer requires a filter to print > anything. > > At a pinch, I'll go down the HPLIP route - CUPS on its own didn't work, > even with a ulpt-less kernel - but I only want to print plain text > files! > > thanks for any ideas you may have, > > Steve > -------- > > <mailto:[email protected]>
Have you tried /dev/unlpt0 ? --HPS _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
