From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Jul 26 15:20:28 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6105E9AAA81 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 2015 15:20:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "wonkity.com", Issuer "wonkity.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0FA25971 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 2015 15:20:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id t6QFKJbP006958 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 26 Jul 2015 09:20:19 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id t6QFKJBp006955; Sun, 26 Jul 2015 09:20:19 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 09:20:19 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Bernt Hansson cc: Thomas Mueller , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ulpt problems. In-Reply-To: <55B217F6.1000603@bananmonarki.se> Message-ID: References: <55B0BE81.70208@bananmonarki.se> <884706.24465.bm@smtp116.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <55B1A2D3.9040707@bananmonarki.se> <55B217F6.1000603@bananmonarki.se> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (BSF 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sun, 26 Jul 2015 09:20:20 -0600 (MDT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 15:20:28 -0000 On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, Bernt Hansson wrote: > On 2015-07-24 05:37, Warren Block wrote: >> On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, Bernt Hansson wrote: >> >>> It seems that one needs ulpt, otherwise the printer isn't found. >>> So I added to /boot/loader.conf ulpt_load="YES" then the printer is found >>> by cups and hplip. >>> >>> But I do not want to use cups so I deinstalled it. Cups can't print a >>> testpage so I resorted to lpd. >>> Which can't print anything, so back to cups that too can't print anything. >>> So I'm stuck. >> >> The ulpt module is loaded by /etc/devd/usb.conf. The file says "please do >> not edit", and I don't know how those modules are disabled. >> >>> Printer is HP laserjet P2055d >> >> That printer supports PostScript directly, so following the LPD setup in >> the Handbook is the easiest course. Deinstall CUPS first, because it has >> not-quite-compatible commands with the same names as the real ones. >> >> If the printer has a network interface, that is the preferred connection. >> But USB will work, too. >> >> > Now that it finds the printer it's not printing anything with cups or lpd. > I'm using apsfilter and lpd. Hplip is deinstalled so is cups. But no cigar. Please start by testing without any filters. Use the printcap file shown in https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing-lpd.html#printing-lpd-setup and test with the small PostScript sample at the end of https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing-lpd.html#printing-lpd-filters-ps2pcl