On 2019-07-16, Jonathan Drews <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >
You are making life much harder for yourself by rejecting CUPS.
