Ghee Teo wrote: > Have you tried simply plugin the printer into the USB port and let the > print system to configure the print queue for you? > There should be a dialog pop up when you plug in the printer.
I don't think there is an office PPD file for that printer, see .. http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-PhotoSmart_C6180 but something I read seems to indicate that there may now be one in HPLIP (http://forums.pcbsd.org/viewtopic.php?p=52791) - but in may not be in the version of hplip on opensolaris (I don't have an installed system so I can't check). paul > > Shawn Walker wrote: >> I have wasted a few hours (and lots of paper) now trying to get >> printing working with an HP PhotoSmart C6180. >> >> I've tried adding the printer this way: >> >> System -> Administration -> Print Manager -> Add >> Type -> Socket >> Name or IP Address -> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx >> Port -> 9100 >> >> Local Queue Name -> Photosmart >> >> Manufacturer -> HP >> Model -> HP Photosmart C6100 series Foomatic/hpijs >> Driver -> , hpijs 2.8.7.3 >> >> When I print a test page I get nothing at all from the printer. >> >> If I change the printer to a generic postscript or generic PCL, I just >> get garbage printed. >> >> What am I doing wrong? >> -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Cunningham Software Engineer Tadpole Business Unit General Dynamics Itronix Europe Ltd.
