On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 08:06:20AM +0000, Roderick wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Jul 2019, Jonathan Drews wrote: > > > These are the notes I made for printing on my old OpenBSD computer: [...] > > It seems too complicated. In principle only the a field "if" to > printcap should be necessary. > > > 1) Go to http://openprinting.org/printer_list.cgi?make=HP > > and look for the Deskjet 6940 > > Unfortunately dj6940 uses hplip. A filter from HP. That is not > ghostscript. > > Does hplip run in OpenBSD? Do someone know how to configure a > printer with hplip? Ist it possible with lpd or only cups? > > Rodrigo > Hi Rodrigo:
I spent most of tonight and into the early morning trying to get printing working on OpenBSD, without using CUPS. I downloaded and compiled foomatic-rip and got it installed. It worked but the *.ppd file could not be read. I got this message from lpd-errs: foomatic-rip version 4.0.12.246 running... called with arguments: '-w132', '-l66', '-i0', '-n', 'root', '-j', 'PrintTest.txt', '-h', +'jaguar.users.co', '/usr/local/sbin/hp-deskjet_6940_series.ppd . . . CUPS filter for this PPD file not found .... so the *.ppd files depend on CUPS, it seems. At this point, I am going to look for another printer that is more OpenBSD friendly. My Desjet 6940 is pretty old and the cartridges cost a lot (> USD $120.00) Kind regards, Jonathan
