From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 17 19:25:04 2010 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 BBA181065673 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:25:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remegius@comcast.net) Received: from qmta09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.96]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A32148FC12 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:25:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta18.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.74]) by qmta09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id vQlr1e0061bwxycA9XR4My; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:25:04 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.5] ([67.180.204.190]) by omta18.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id vXQs1e00846zqiB8eXR3zc; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:25:04 +0000 Message-ID: <4C6AE204.1020600@comcast.net> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:24:52 -0700 From: Rem P Roberti User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100722 Thunderbird/3.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD References: <4C6ADD61.9010101@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <4C6ADD61.9010101@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Printer Installation 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: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:25:04 -0000 On 08/17/2010 12:05, Rem Roberti wrote: > Hi all. I'm having problems installing a printer on a new 8.1 > installation. I want to do this sans CUPS and via lpd. lpd is > enabled in my /etc/rc.conf. Here is my printcap: > > lp|photosmart:\ > :lp=/dev/ulpt0:\ > :af=/usr/local/share/ppd/HP/HP-PhotoSmart_7760-hpijs.ppd.gz:\ > :if=/usr/local/bin/foomatic-rip:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/photosmart:\ > :sh: > > Whenever I try and print, for example...lpr -Pphotosmart > /etc/printcap...I get this error message: "lpr: Connection refused" > Now, although I stated that I want to install the printer using lpd, > CUPS is installed on the computer, but not enabled. I seem to recall > that there could be a path problem with lpr if CUPS is installed and > one tries to use lpd, but I've forgotten how to deal with that, if > indeed that is the problem. BTW, I have included ulpt0 as a > permission in my /etc/fstab file. > > Any help much appreciated. > > Rem I forgot to mention that if I try to test the printer like this...lptest 80 5 | lpr...I get back an error message that says, "lpr: Error - scheduler not responding!" Rem