Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 22:22:57 -0700 From: Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez <mapsware@prodigy.net.mx> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: connect to a network printer to be able to print Message-ID: <201303012222.58083.mapsware@prodigy.net.mx> In-Reply-To: <CAJ5UdcP-7_7i8kN_S2i4dG-k6--jFdxPizZG07AuE5aRxwJmsA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ5UdcP-7_7i8kN_S2i4dG-k6--jFdxPizZG07AuE5aRxwJmsA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wednesday 27 February 2013 09:45:15 Antonio Olivares wrote:
> Dear folks,
>
> I am trying to connect a network printer to be able to print to it. I
> know the make/model of the printer:
> HP Color LaserJet CP4520
> and the ip address it is on
> 10.155.135.3
>
1st you need to define a host name for the printer in /etc/hosts, add the next
line to /etc/hosts
10.155.135.3 hplj-cp4520
Then verify network conectivity with ping
ping -c 4 hplj-cp4520
Now, create the spool directory and errors-log file
mkdir -p /var/spool/lpd/LaserJetCP4520
chmod 770 /var/spool/lpd/LaserJetCP4520
touch /var/spool/lpd/LaserJetCP4520/errors-log
chmod 660 /var/spool/lpd/LaserJetCP4520/errors-log
chown -R daemon:daemon /var/spool/lpd/LaserJetCP4520
Next, add the printer definition to /etc/printcap
LaserJetCP4520|lp|HP LaserJet CP4520:\
:banner.disable:max.blocks#0:tty.device=:\
:remote.host=hplj-cp4520:remote.queue=raw:\
:spool.dir=/var/spool/lpd/LaserJetCP4520:\
:spool.log=/var/spool/lpd/LaserJetCP4520/errors-log:
Since the HP Color Laserjet Enterprise CP4520 accept the languages
HP PCL 6
HP PCL 5c
HP postscript level 3 emulation
Direct PDF printing version 1.4
You should test with one file of that languages, I do not know if plain text
can be printed without a text filter (input-filter)
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