From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 6 02:41:08 2008 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 7E5FC1065672 for ; Sat, 6 Dec 2008 02:41:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0304.google.com (rv-out-0304.google.com [209.85.198.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 600738FC1A for ; Sat, 6 Dec 2008 02:41:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0304.google.com with SMTP id b20so516477rvf.31 for ; Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:41:08 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.115.93.18 with SMTP id v18mr277896wal.13.1228531267980; Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:41:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <00163646ccded2d12c045d57b9cd@google.com> Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:41:07 +0000 From: af300wsm@gmail.com To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: cups issue, unsupported format 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: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:41:08 -0000 Hi, I'm working on getting cups working and I've installed the "hplip" port and the cups program used that to install the printer. At least, there was an "HPLIP" in a list in one of the pages during the setup. My printer is an old HP LaserJet 4+ which I've connected through the parallel port. My URI for the printer is parallel:/dev/lp0. When I went to do the test page I got this error, "Unsupported format 'application/postscript'." Here's the problem, I chose a driver which, though I don't remember the full string in cups, was a 4/5 PCL driver. So, why is it trying to print using postscript? Andy