Jacob Meuser <jakemsr () sdf ! lonestar ! org> wrote at 2011-01-02 1:24:20 wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 12:26:38AM +0000, Jacob Meuser wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 02:07:02PM -0600, Ed Ahlsen-Girard wrote: > > > Jacob Meuser <jakemsr () sdf ! lonestar ! org> wrote > > > at 2011-01-01 19:34:40: > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 07:03:52AM -0600, Ed Ahlsen-Girard > > > > wrote: > > > > > First, Happy New Year! > > > > > > > > > > I resolved last week to stop using Windows to print from my > > > > > OpenBSD machine, so I re-read man pages for and re-tried > > > > > CUPS, lpd, foomatic, etc. As it stands now, here is my > > > > > printcap: > > > > > > > > > > # $OpenBSD: printcap,v 1.4 2003/03/28 21:32:30 jmc Exp > > > > > $ > > > > > > > > > > #lp|local line > > > > > printer:lp=/dev/lp:sd=/var/spool/output:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > > > > > lp|5510:\ > > > > > > lp=/dev/ulpt0:\ > > > > > > af=/etc/foomatic/HPOJ.ppd:\ > > > > where did HPOJ.ppd come from? > > fwiw, I just tried with my HP officejet 4500, to see if it prints > with ulpt and lpd on my laptop (I normally use ugen and cups on my > desktop... I need ugen for the scanner). > > I installed hpijs and foomatic-filters packages. this pulled in a2ps > and ghostscript. > > located the ppd I want, which is > /usr/local/share/foomatic/db/source/PPD/HP/hp-officejet_4500_g510g-m-hpijs.ppd.gz > > I had to dig for that. well, 'pkg_info -L hpijs | grep 4500' is how I > found it. not sure why 'foomatic-ppdfile -P 4500' did not find it. > I think it should. anyway ... > > $ > zcat > /usr/local/share/foomatic/db/source/PPD/HP/hp-officejet_4500_g510g-m-hpijs.ppd. > \ gz > hpoj4500_hpijs.ppd $ sudo cp hpoj4500_hpijs.ppd /etc/foomatic > $ sudo mg /etc/printcap $ cat /etc/printcap > # $OpenBSD: printcap,v 1.4 2003/03/28 21:32:30 jmc Exp $ > > #lp|local line printer:\ > # :lp=/dev/lp:sd=/var/spool/output:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > > #rp|remote line printer:\ > # :lp=:rm=music.humppa.hu:rp=lp:sd=/var/spool/output:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > > # basically copied from local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/foomatic-filters > # but add the 'sh' to not get the "burst page header" > lp:\ > :lp=/dev/ulpt0:\ > :af=/etc/foomatic/hpoj4500_hpijs.ppd:\ > :if=/usr/local/bin/foomatic-rip:\ > :sd=/var/spool/output:\ > :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ > :sh: > $ sudo lpd > $ lpr bin/aup > > and viola, aup, a 10 line shell script, is printed on paper > > moral of the story: use the right PPD file. how did I know which one > to use? well, I know ijs works with ghostscript, and I've used the > ijs drivers from gutenprint with lpd. seems to me the most likely to > work, since ghostscript is a classical lpd filter. > > -- > [email protected] Shameless cloning using the hp-officejet_5500-hpijs.ppd file worked pretty well. Eventually I'll want to put in scan support too, but that can wait until I'm worn out from the dance of joy over just printing. Many, many thanks. -- Edward Ahlsen-Girard Ft Walton Beach, FL
