Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-28 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: @ all, I restarted machine and I can print from command line :) [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ cat Document1.txt |  lpr -P Deskjet [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ lpq -a Deskjet: Deskjet

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-28 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:06:47 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Polytropon wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:44:52 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > >> Made the changes with global /etc/csh.cshrc and it did not work :( > > > > Requires re-login, but reboot should als

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-28 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:44:52 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: >> Made the changes with global /etc/csh.cshrc and it did not work :( > > Requires re-login, but reboot should also be fine. :-) Rebooted and firefox did not print :( > > On the root

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-28 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:44:52 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > Made the changes with global /etc/csh.cshrc and it did not work :( Requires re-login, but reboot should also be fine. :-) On the root prompt which (I assume!) has the C shell as the default dialog shell, % echo $PRINTER or

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-28 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:34:46 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > I have made the changes, but the printer does not print :( You can always check $ echo $PRINTER which should give you the correct printer name, as you did correctly show. Make sure upper/lowercase matches exactly. When you no

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-28 Thread Antonio Olivares
>> However, if you set it up in /etc/csh.cshrc for system- >> wide use, user shells like bash should incorporate the >> setting. >> >> >> >> >> -- > > Polytropon, > > I have made the changes, but the printer does not print :( from firefox. > I might ``try the /etc/csh.cshrc for system- > wide use''

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-28 Thread Antonio Olivares
> For example, your ~/.bashrc could look like this: > >        setxkbmap -option compose:ralt >        export PRINTER="Deskjet" > > Keep in mind that in _this_ case, $PRINTER is set for > _your_ account only (which should be fine on a single- > user system). > > However, if you set it up in /etc/cs

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-28 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:57:08 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > Polytropon, > > Thank you for the suggestion. I am using bash as my shell. I have a > file ~/.bashrc with command in there and I get: > > > bash: setenv: command not found > > Of co

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-28 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:05:12 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: >> @ all, >> >> I restarted machine and I can print from command line :) >> >> [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ cat Document1.txt |  lpr -P Deskjet >> [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ l

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-28 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:05:12 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > @ all, > > I restarted machine and I can print from command line :) > > [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ cat Document1.txt | lpr -P Deskjet > [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ lpq -a > Deskjet: > Deskjet is ready and printing > Rank

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > @ all, > > I restarted machine and I can print from command line :) > > [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ cat Document1.txt |  lpr -P Deskjet > [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ lpq -a > Deskjet: > Deskjet is ready and printing > Rank   Owne

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
@ all, I restarted machine and I can print from command line :) [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ cat Document1.txt | lpr -P Deskjet [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ lpq -a Deskjet: Deskjet is ready and printing Rank Owner Job Files Total Size active olivar

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
>> If you do decide to take this route, it's not that hard to recompile a >> kernel. >> >> # csup -h cvsup.FreeBSD.org -L2 /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile >> >> Copy your kernconf, say COFFIN, to /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/ if you are >> on 32bit or to /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/ if on amd64.

SOLVED! Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
>> I will be patient and try some things out then report back.  I >> appreciate the help and if I can't find a solution, I will take the >> plunge :) and hopefully not fail. >> >> Regards, >> >> Antonio >> > > If you do decide to take this route, it's not that hard to recompile a kernel. > > # csup

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Ross
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:29 AM, Ross wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Antonio Olivares > wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Ross wrote: >>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Antonio Olivares >>> wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Ross wrote: > It requires CUPS an

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Ross
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Ross wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Antonio Olivares >> wrote: >>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Ross wrote: It requires CUPS and replaces system lpr. Here's an example on setting >>>

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Ross wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Antonio Olivares > wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Ross wrote: >>> It requires CUPS and replaces system lpr. Here's an example on setting >>> up HPLIP: http://daemon-notes.com/articles/install/hplip >>> >>

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Ross
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Ross wrote: >> It requires CUPS and replaces system lpr. Here's an example on setting >> up HPLIP: http://daemon-notes.com/articles/install/hplip >> >> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Antonio Olivares >>

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Ross wrote: > It requires CUPS and replaces system lpr. Here's an example on setting > up HPLIP: http://daemon-notes.com/articles/install/hplip > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Antonio Olivares > wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Ross wrote: >>> Why

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Ross
It requires CUPS and replaces system lpr. Here's an example on setting up HPLIP: http://daemon-notes.com/articles/install/hplip On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Ross wrote: >> Why you do not use HPLIP? Your printer is supported. > > Does

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: > >> I changed /etc/printcap, and two blank pages came out but blank :( > > Okay, it's progress.  And good news, that printer understands plain ASCII > and PCL3. > > Make certain lpd is running (pgr

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: I changed /etc/printcap, and two blank pages came out but blank :( Okay, it's progress. And good news, that printer understands plain ASCII and PCL3. Make certain lpd is running (pgrep lpd), then try the test shown in the article: % printf

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Warren Block wrote: > >> A Deskjet 812C should be a parallel printer, with device /dev/lpt0.  Are >> you using a USB to parallel adapter? > > Cancel that, an 812C has both parallel and USB.  Make sure only the USB > cable

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Warren Block wrote: A Deskjet 812C should be a parallel printer, with device /dev/lpt0. Are you using a USB to parallel adapter? Cancel that, an 812C has both parallel and USB. Make sure only the USB cable is connected, I suspect those printers don't have auto port swi

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: chkprintcap: Warning: blanks after trailing '\', at line 62 (entry lp) chkprintcap: Warning: values-line after line with NO trailing '\', at line 63 chkprintcap:2 warnings from skimming /etc/printcap This needs to be fixed. The entry is broken

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > Dear folks, > > I have a working installation 8.2 Release AMD64 and I am trying to > follow a printing howto : > > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html > > I am copying the settings and I can't print. > > quadcore# lpq

printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
Dear folks, I have a working installation 8.2 Release AMD64 and I am trying to follow a printing howto : http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html I am copying the settings and I can't print. quadcore# lpq -a lp: Warning: no daemon present Rank Owner Job Files