Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:25:18 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "bsdnooby" <bsdnooby@optonline.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: 6 hours of trying to configure my printer. Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMEJEFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <4223F97E.2090401@optonline.net>
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Hi! I have a guide of sorts worked up that needs some polishing, but it might be useful to you. However it does NOT use cups or any of that. it uses lpr. You can e-mail me for it. If you insist on going the cups route, there's plenty of cups setup guides on the Internet. I assume of course your trying to print graphics - the 940c speaks ascii well enough. If all you want to do is print ascii, then go here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/corp-net-guide/index.htm l Ted owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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