Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds

2012-06-04 Thread Bernt Hansson
2012-06-03 02:08, Gary Aitken skrev: I've deinstalled cups and its dependencies and rebuilt only hpijs. Did you build it with foomatic-rip if so then you have ppd files in /usr/local/share/foomatic/db/source/PPD/ Don't know if it is for your specific printer.

Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds

2012-06-03 Thread Wojciech Puchar
ppd file are actually human readable, you get a fragment that tell you how to filter postscript to produce output. eg. my OfficeJet 8500 filter is based on it. On Sun, 3 Jun 2012, Thomas Mueller wrote: Polytropon, you mention ppd files (.ppd or .ppd.gz). Is this the binary plugin that hplip

Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds

2012-06-03 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From: "Thomas Mueller" > > Polytropon, you mention ppd files (.ppd or .ppd.gz). > > Is this the binary plugin that hplip was unable to install for me? No. '.ppd' files are 'ostscript rinter escription' files. They ontain 'device dependant information about a specific make/model of Postscript-

Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds

2012-06-03 Thread Thomas Mueller
Polytropon, you mention ppd files (.ppd or .ppd.gz). Is this the binary plugin that hplip was unable to install for me? Or am I grasping at straws? Somehow I thought the binary plugin was much bigger than the .ppd.gz files found in /usr/local/share/ppd/HP/ Tom

Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds

2012-06-03 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 3 Jun 2012 10:17:28 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 3 Jun 2012, Polytropon wrote: > > > By the way, have you tried using your filter directly for testing? > > As mentioned before, prepare a printable PS file, then do: > > > > # cat test.ps | /var/spool/lpd/hp8500/diff.2 | nc

Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds

2012-06-03 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 3 Jun 2012, Polytropon wrote: By the way, have you tried using your filter directly for testing? As mentioned before, prepare a printable PS file, then do: # cat test.ps | /var/spool/lpd/hp8500/diff.2 | nc 123.45.67.890 Note: nc is from port "nc" (netcat). It will send it direc

Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds

2012-06-03 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 01:01:07 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: > On 06/02/12 18:35, Polytropon wrote: > > On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:08:55 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: > >> I've deinstalled cups and its dependencies and rebuilt only hpijs. > > > > You could have kept it installed (maybe some ports will want > >

Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds

2012-06-03 Thread Gary Aitken
On 06/02/12 18:35, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:08:55 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: >> I've deinstalled cups and its dependencies and rebuilt only hpijs. > > You could have kept it installed (maybe some ports will want > it as a dependency), just disable it in /etc/rc.conf. I'm probably

Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds

2012-06-02 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:08:55 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: > I've deinstalled cups and its dependencies and rebuilt only hpijs. You could have kept it installed (maybe some ports will want it as a dependency), just disable it in /etc/rc.conf. > lpr works to the printer for the simple demo text filt

Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds

2012-06-02 Thread Gary Aitken
On 06/02/12 02:29, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > seems you like to incredibly complicated things. No, but it does seem like I did, hopefully unnecessarily... Thanks. > /usr/ports/print/hplip (make config and disable GUI trash) is enough. ... > printing works fine with this lpr filter > > #!/bin/sh >

Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds

2012-06-02 Thread Wojciech Puchar
that's all. Work for whole office without trash software installed on (windoze) workstation or unix server. ___ Your message is worth saving, gives me some new ideas on getting that recalcitrant printer (HP M1212nf MFP) to work. if you want mail m

Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds

2012-06-02 Thread Thomas Mueller
From: Wojciech Puchar : > seems you like to incredibly complicated things. > It just happens that i configured that printer in one office and there is > NO NEED for this windows-style crappy shit from HP. > /usr/ports/print/hplip (make config and disable GUI trash) is enough. > scanning works

Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds

2012-06-02 Thread Wojciech Puchar
seems you like to incredibly complicated things. It just happens that i configured that printer in one office and there is NO NEED for this windows-style crappy shit from HP. /usr/ports/print/hplip (make config and disable GUI trash) is enough. scanning works directly to SMB exported shares

Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds

2012-06-01 Thread Gary Aitken
On 06/01/12 10:51, Gary Aitken wrote: > On 05/31/12 17:59, Thomas Mueller wrote: >>>From Gary Aitken : >> >>> I've got an HP printer directly connected to the local network. >> >>> hp-probe finds it: >> >>> #hp-probe -bnet >> >>> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.12.2) >>> Printer

Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds

2012-06-01 Thread Adam Vande More
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > I have an HP LaserJet M1212nf MFP, and hplip/hp-setup in FreeBSD finds the > printer all right when connected by Ethernet, but then fails on installing > the required binary plugin. Printer is not detected at all when connected > by USB. >

Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds

2012-06-01 Thread Gary Aitken
On 05/31/12 17:59, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> From Gary Aitken : > >> I've got an HP printer directly connected to the local network. > >> hp-probe finds it: > >> #hp-probe -bnet > >> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.12.2) >> Printer Discovery Utility ver. 4.1 >> ... >>Device UR

Re: HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds

2012-05-31 Thread Thomas Mueller
> From Gary Aitken : > I've got an HP printer directly connected to the local network. > hp-probe finds it: > #hp-probe -bnet > HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.12.2) > Printer Discovery Utility ver. 4.1 > ... > Device URI Model

HP networked printer -- hp-setup won't use, hp-probe finds

2012-05-31 Thread Gary Aitken
I've got an HP printer directly connected to the local network. hp-probe finds it: #hp-probe -bnet HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.12.2) Printer Discovery Utility ver. 4.1 ... Device URI Model Name --