printing setup
I am finally getting around to setting up printing on a box I installed fbsd-5.2.1 on. I have two printers shared on a windoze network. No matter what I do to get an email message to print it always prints the postscript code. I am using apsfilter to set up printing, and the apsfilter test page prints fine no matter what driver I choose. This happens to both printers - one a Lexmark lazerjet and the other an Epson inkjet. I can print web pages just fine. All that was with printed via lpd. I have also installed samba and setup up printing via samba with the same results (using apsfilter again). rantI have been using freebsd since 3.0 and it appears the printing setup has not changed a bit even in 5.2.1. When will this be brought in to the 21st century?/rant Anyway, what do I have to do to get emails to print? Thanks and regards and getting frustrated, Chip W. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Printing setup
I am trying to set up FreeBSD 4.10 When it comes to printing I am fairly slavishly following the Handbook. Unfortunately, when I try lptest 20 5 | lpr -PLaserjet I get the following message: lpd[297]:Laserjet: cannot execv(/usr/local/libexec/if-simple): no such file or directory /usr/local/libexec/if-simple is there: Moving it to /usr/local (with corresponding modification of /etc/printcap) doesn't seem to help. I have not had this problem with 5.1 If I remove the if= entry from /etc/printcap I get printing but (of course) in a totally unsatisfactory format. So now what? Drop back 15 yards and punt? Thanks in advance -LenZ- ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printing setup
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Len Zettel wrote: I get the following message: lpd[297]:Laserjet: cannot execv(/usr/local/libexec/if-simple): no such file or directory /usr/local/libexec/if-simple is there: Moving it to /usr/local (with corresponding modification of /etc/printcap) doesn't seem to help. My guess is that if-simple is a script, and the first line gives the wrong path to the interpreter (#!/usr/bin/blah instead of #!/usr/local/bin/blah, or vice versa). Check that the correct interpreter is installed an in that location; if it's not, either change the script or symlink it ;) HTH. Cheers Richard ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printing setup
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Len Zettel wrote: Unfortunately, when I try lptest 20 5 | lpr -PLaserjet I get the following message: lpd[297]:Laserjet: cannot execv(/usr/local/libexec/if-simple): no such file or directory /usr/local/libexec/if-simple is there: Moving it to /usr/local (with corresponding modification of /etc/printcap) doesn't seem to help. Try the simple things first: chmod +x /usr/local/libexec/if-simple -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printing setup
Warren Block wrote: On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Len Zettel wrote: Unfortunately, when I try lptest 20 5 | lpr -PLaserjet I get the following message: lpd[297]:Laserjet: cannot execv(/usr/local/libexec/if-simple): no such file or directory /usr/local/libexec/if-simple is there: Moving it to /usr/local (with corresponding modification of /etc/printcap) doesn't seem to help. Try the simple things first: chmod +x /usr/local/libexec/if-simple -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA Did that earlier - didn't help. HOWEVER: I am set up with swappable hard drives (greatest thing since sliced bread ;)) So I booted 5.1 with the 4.10 drive as slave, then copied the 5.1 files to the 4.10 drive. Now (I wish I knew why) everything works! I suspect either contamination by non-printing characters or some subtlety involving space and tab characters. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
printing setup
What is the fastest and easiest way to get printing setup on 5.1 release? I have a Brother 1440 connected to the printer port. I want to be able to print from the print sever and a few other BSD machines, and also to setup samba to allow other machines on the local network to share the printer. I tried CUPS it did not work. I also tried LPRng, but had trouble getting it configured also. I tried to download and compile Printtool, but that didn't work either. Is there a graphical printer configuration tool for BSD? Please cc me with responses. TIA, Andy ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: printing setup
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 06:09:53 -0500 (EST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, What is the fastest and easiest way to get printing setup on 5.1 release? I have a Brother 1440 connected to the printer port. I want to be able to print from the print sever and a few other BSD machines, and also to setup samba to allow other machines on the local network to share the printer. I tried CUPS it did not work. I also tried LPRng, but had trouble getting it configured also. I tried to download and compile Printtool, but that didn't work either. Is there a graphical printer configuration tool for BSD? Please cc me with responses. I use a Brother 1430 in FreeBSD 5.1, and it works very well. I connected it to the USB port and installed CUPS. Then I downloaded the foomatic-rip script from http://www.linuxprinting.org and the HL1250 ppd for CUPS. Works like a charm. Install the ppd file and the foomatic stuff and then start cupds (/usr/local/etc/rc.d/cups.sh start). Point your browser to http://localhost:631 and enter the user when prompted (root and its password). Your files should like this: /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-gswrapper /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip /usr/local/share/cups/model/Brother-HL-1430-hl1250.ppd Create a new printer and choose the Brother model. Should just work. Also check www.linuxprinting.org, it has a lot of info of the matter. Cheers, -- Miguel Mendez [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.energyhq.es.eu.org ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: printing setup
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 10:48:36 -0500 (EST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Please, keep [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC'd] Request Entity Too Large The request is too large for this server to process.HTTP/1.1 413 Request Entity Too Large Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 14:35:45 GMT Server: CUPS/1.1 Content-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5 Upgrade: TLS/1.0,HTTP/1.1 Connection: close Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 168 Request Entity Too Large The request is too large for this server to process. Ok, a quick search on google reveals there used to be more people with that problem. So, what version of cups do you have installed? If it's an old one, you should cvsup your ports tree and install the latest version. The one I'm using: [EMAIL PROTECTED] pkg_info | grep -i cups cups-1.1.19.0 The Common UNIX Printing System: Metaport to install comple cups-base-1.1.19.0 The Common UNIX Printing System: headers, libs, daemons cups-lpr-1.1.19.0 The CUPS BSD and system V compatibility binaries (lp* comma cups-pstoraster-7.07 GNU Postscript interpreter for CUPS printing to non-PS prin Cheers, -- Miguel Mendez [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.energyhq.es.eu.org ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Basic printing setup
I've never gotten around to setting up printing from my FreeBSD machine--the discussion in the Handbook is rather frightening--and now that I've decided I should probably give it a try, I find that the Handbook doesn't even let me get started. I have two situations for this computer (a laptop running FreeBSD-4.8). I have a home network that has an older (non-Ethernetted) HP LaserJet 6MP; this is attached to the network via an AsanteTalk AppleTalk- Ethernet bridge. The Macs on the network (OSX and 8.6) can all see the printer. What do I need to do to print to this printer from my FreeBSD machine when it's on the network? In the second case, I just have a desktop printer-- some HP color thing, the 990 I think--that only has a USB connection. The Handbook doesn't mention USB printing at all. In both cases I'm not looking to do anything fancy, none of this user-accounting or header-pages stuff. I just want to be able to send jobs to the printer and have them come out. I guess I'd also be curious how to select one or the other, or more if they were added to the network. Thanks for any pointers on how to accomplish this. Jesse Sheidlower ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try apsfilter in the ports collection, I found it the easiest way to set up printing under freebsd, I;d seuggest hooking the printer up directly to the freebsd box and setting up printing there first, and then tacling the network setup. Thats what I would do anyway. Hope it helps David ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Basic printing setup
I've never gotten around to setting up printing from my FreeBSD machine--the discussion in the Handbook is rather frightening--and now that I've decided I should probably give it a try, I find that the Handbook doesn't even let me get started. I have two situations for this computer (a laptop running FreeBSD-4.8). I have a home network that has an older (non-Ethernetted) HP LaserJet 6MP; this is attached to the network via an AsanteTalk AppleTalk- Ethernet bridge. The Macs on the network (OSX and 8.6) can all see the printer. What do I need to do to print to this printer from my FreeBSD machine when it's on the network? In the second case, I just have a desktop printer-- some HP color thing, the 990 I think--that only has a USB connection. The Handbook doesn't mention USB printing at all. In both cases I'm not looking to do anything fancy, none of this user-accounting or header-pages stuff. I just want to be able to send jobs to the printer and have them come out. I guess I'd also be curious how to select one or the other, or more if they were added to the network. Thanks for any pointers on how to accomplish this. Jesse Sheidlower ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
