The printer has an internal NIC. It is on my network as 192.168.1.100. I want to print directly to it. There is no lpd on the printer side... I didn't want to have to use a host to print through.
Bryan On 2/8/07, Peter Hessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the printer is running lpd on its side, you can edit the > /etc/printcap file. take a look at the 'rp' entry. > > > On 2007 Feb 08 (Thu) at 07:15:05 +0000 (+0000), Bryan wrote: > :I recently bought myself an excellent little 6300 series All-in-one HP > :printer. I wanted to be able to print, and scan, but right now, I > :will just try to print. It has networking, and an IP on our home > :network. > : > :I wondered if it was possible to print to it. I read what I could of > :the lpd man page, but no mention of TCP settings, or IP address > :connections. Using BSD as a print server was the only way I saw that > :an IP address was used in this manner. > : > :Also, has anyone had any luck compiling/building the new HPLIP. I saw > :FreeBSD had a port for it, but OpenBSD still has the old HPIJS. I'd > :love to be able to print, and scan with my new printer... > : > :Cheers, > :Bryan > :_______________________________________________ > :Openbsd-newbies mailing list > :[email protected] > :http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies > : > > > -- > Do not try to solve all life's problems at once -- learn to dread each > day as it comes. > -- Donald Kaul > _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
