From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 20 01:13:48 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90B03106567A for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:13:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F3128FC19 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:13:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p6K1DlLF084791; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:13:47 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id p6K1Dlvt084788; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:13:47 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:13:47 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: ajtiM In-Reply-To: <201107191654.00887.lumiwa@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <201107191654.00887.lumiwa@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:13:47 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printer - broadband router X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:13:48 -0000 On Tue, 19 Jul 2011, ajtiM wrote: > My system: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p1 #0m I use KDE 4.6.5 > CUPS and HPLIP are installed. > I have an old broadband router D-604 (dlink), cable Internet and my computer > with FreeBSD and the other one with Windows are connected to the router. > I got HP bussiness inkjet 5000 which was connected to the network (my work). > And the last one: I never had printer on my computer with FreeBSD and looks > like is not so easy to setup. > > I just run HP Device Manager and it didn't find anything but light where is > printer connected blink. Setting up printers on FreeBSD generally isn't that hard. Difficulties come from cheap printers that have oddball page description languages or "host-based" printers which expect bitmaps only, and in a specific format. Some of these printers require a firmware download before they can do anything. openprinting.org doesn't list a Business Inkjet 5000, so I can't tell what PDLs it understands.