From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 1 05:11:10 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D19B816A4CF for ; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 05:11:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.5.69]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3482243D41 for ; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 05:11:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsdnooby@optonline.net) Received: from [192.168.0.25] (ool-43532b7b.dyn.optonline.net [67.83.43.123]) by mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.25 (built Mar 3 2004)) with ESMTP id <0ICN007BMQEL2L@mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:11:09 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:11:26 -0500 From: bsdnooby To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <4223F97E.2090401@optonline.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050226) Subject: 6 hours of trying to configure my printer. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 05:11:11 -0000 Is there an easy way to configure a printer? I've spent over 6 hours so far, and all I can print is 2 blank sheets of paper whenever I try to print something. I was using fluxbox-devel and an HP Deskhet 940c, but I also just tried installing Gnome2 in the hopes it would have a printer config applet - which it doesn't. I've been trying to follow the instructions in my "FreeBSD Unleashed (2nd ED)" book, the online FreeBSD handbook, and some online resources. Basically, I want to be able to print from within X11 apps - like print a webpage from within Firefox. I'm not sure if I should be using CUPS or the lpr method, though I'm pretty sure my printer is not a Postscript printer and I must use Ghostsrcipt at some point. I created some filters, installed ghostscript-gnu, made an entry in /etc/printcap, and am running the lpd daemon. I thought I might have hosed my system by following too many different instructions, so I tried to back out my changes so I could start over. I think I got everything back to the original state. Any suggestions on getting a local deskjet printer to work with fluxbox and Firefox? I'd also like to be able to print from AbiWord and Gnumeric, if possible. thx