Dear list members, i have an USB HP P2055dn laser printer. I have it running on Windows and OpenSolaris (with solaris it worked by itself, i just boot openSolaris ant it was there fully funcional).
I would like to have it working with openbsd, is it possible? Thank in advance. PS: i have no ideia how OpenSolaris got it working, it just did it. On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Jan Stary <h...@stare.cz> wrote: > On May 13 16:20:30, Duane A. Damiano wrote: >> I'm new to OpenBSD. I recently installed 4.5. It seems to be working >> well except for this CUPS printing problem. My printer is an HP DeskJet >> connected to the parallel port. >> >> The CUPS driver is running. Here's a line from dmesg: >> >> lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 >> >> Here's the OpenBSD lpinfo output: >> >> # /usr/local/sbin/lpinfo -v >> network socket >> network http >> network ipp >> network lpd >> direct usb:/dev/ulpt0 >> direct usb:/dev/ulpt1 >> # >> >> >> When I boot Debian Lenny on this same computer, I see this: >> >> dada...@swing:~$ /usr/sbin/lpinfo -v >> network socket >> network beh >> direct hpfax >> direct hp >> network http >> network ipp >> network lpd >> direct parallel:/dev/lp0 >> direct scsi >> serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200 >> dada...@swing:~$ >> >> With Debian, I use "parallel:/dev/lp0" as the CUPS URI and printing >> works fine. >> >> It seems like the OpenBSD lpinfo output should include a line like >> "direct parallel:/dev/lpt0", but as you can see, it's not there. Can >> someone tell me what's wrong here? Do I need to install some other >> package? > > > The lpinfo output of the two CUPS installation suggests > there is a difference between the two CUPS installations. > > Seeing 'direct hp' and 'direct hpfax' in one and not the other > makes me guess that one of the CUPS installations has an additional > package installed that allows it to talk to the HP printer in the > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_JetDirect protocol. To do that, you need > the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript_Printer_Description files, > which are provided via the print/foomatic* packages. > > (Obviously, postscript and lpd are not good enough for HP. > They need to have a separate protocol for their printers.) > > Check the 'lpinfo -l' for your printer model, and if not found, > a good hint could be to look at what the dependencies of the CUPS > installation that _can_ see it, and install the analogous packages > for the other CUPS instalation too. > > (For my HP Color LaserJet 260n, I needed the print/foo2zjs package > providing share/foo2zjs/db/source/PPD/HP-Color_LaserJet_2600n.ppd.gz > and the /usr/local/bin/foo2hp filter.) > > These PPD fiels and the corresponding filters do the real work > of talking to the printer. CUPS is just an (overbloated, IMHO) > administration around that (to call the right filter for the > right printer etc). The same administration can be done by > the standard lpd - the install message of foomatic-filters > contains a working printcap example. > > Jan
