Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:38:16 +0100 From: "Colin J. Raven" <colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> To: Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish@planet.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Cannot connect to printer... Message-ID: <20050122173514.R2927@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> In-Reply-To: <000e01c50098$b42f60c0$9700000a@XGISH> References: <000001c50075$4d7b7f80$9900000a@ZGISH> <20050122130433.F2927@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> <000e01c50098$b42f60c0$9700000a@XGISH>
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On Jan 22 at 16:40, Kiffin Gish responded: > > >> On Jan 22 at 12:27, Kiffin Gish launched this into the bitstream: >> >>> I have read the manual carefully, looked in the forums and tried > everything, >>> but for the life of me I just cannot get my printer to work under > FreeBSD. >>> >>> Actually my setup is nothing complicated or so you would think. I have > an HP >>> Deskjet 720C connected to my parallel printer port. It workes just fine >>> under Windows so I know that the hardware, cables etc. are fine. >>> >>> Does anyone have any suggestions? >> >> Well, I'm a newbie myself, but... >> I think some more details might be helpful: >> Are you sharing (or intending to share) your printers amongst Windows >> clients? If so, Samba is necessary, as is swat. (uncomment the swat line >> in inetd.conf) also you may (or may not since apprently this is a hot >> issue) may wish to use Cups. >> You could also manage much of this process from within Webmin if you >> have it installed - it's a great tool, I wouldn't be without it. I don't >> say webmin is a substitute for the command line, but a terrific adjunct >> to it. /usr/ports/sysutils/webmin takes your right to it. Getting samba >> up and running is fairly trivial if you do it all (or mostly) from >> webmin, also webmin has a swat interface!! >> Concerning the specific printer model, well I just don't know. You would >> have to do some reading on the CUPS help page. >> >> If you do want to use cups, cupsd has to be running. >> At that point you can play with some cups >> settings on the web based admin page (see below). I suggest starting >> with webmin first and enable stuff from there onwards in stages. >> >> Localhost URL's for various www-based admin interfaces: >> >> Webmin (unless you configure it differently) defaults to: >> http://localhost:10000 >> or, if you have SSL up and running at >> https://localhost:10000 >> >> Swat ([S]amba [W]eb [A]dministration [T]ool) - once enabled - is >> available at:http://localhost:901 >> >> CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) is available at: >> http://localhost:631 >> >> Ports you may care to install: >> Webmin: /usr/ports/sysutils/webmin >> Samba: /usr/ports/net/samba3 >> >> These are some suggestions only, and obviously predicated on the >> assumption you want to enable printing via Samba/CUPS. Should you wish >> to approach the matter from a Unix-only perspective, YMMV. > > Like I said, this is just my laptop connected to a printer via the parallel > port. > > Nothing to do with Windows, Samba nor a web server. > > I'll be happy enough if I can get the basics up and running. Please don't top post. I adjusted it so that the archives will reflect the generally accepted form Unfortunately I gotta recuse myself at this point. I don't know how to do what it is you seek. That said though if anyone *does* know, I'll be "lurking 'n learning" :-) -Colin
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