Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:51:30 -0700 From: "Derrick Ryalls" <freebsd@fbsdsolutions.com> To: "'Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.'" <kdk@daleco.biz>, y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: CUPS Message-ID: <A99A5AC30F74624388EE5F757BA58A20D7A2E2@RED-MSG-50.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> In-Reply-To: <407EAD79.30506@daleco.biz>
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>=20 >=20 > Robert Storey wrote: >=20 > >Dear all, > > > >Having looked at the mind-boggling amount of configuration=20 > information=20 > >that is in the Handbook, I decided to just install CUPS. I'm very=20 > >familiar with CUPS, having configured it many times in Linux. > > > >So I installed the CUPS daemon, and started it by going to=20 > >/usr/local/etc/rc.d/ and renaming the sample file to cups.sh. I even=20 > >did a "./cups.sh start" and that worked - that is, my=20 > printer reacted=20 > >by moving the print head, and I could fire up Mozilla and type=20 > >"http://localhost:631" and then reach the CUPS configuration=20 > page. My=20 > >printer is an Epson 24-pin dot-matrix onf /dev/lpt0 - there=20 > is a driver=20 > >for that, so no problem. So that should be enough to make it=20 > work - at=20 > >least that would do the job under Linux. But attempting to=20 > print a test=20 > >page gives me nothing. > > > >The Handbook says almost zilch about CUPS other than suggesting that=20 > >one should look at cups.org for advice. Of course, cups.org=20 > has little=20 > >to say about BSD. > > > >So I'm wondering what I did wrong? Any help is appreciated. > > > >best regards, > >Robert > > =20 > > >=20 > I'm a definite newbie when it comes to printing; but I'll > take a shot (hopefully you're taking that first sentence > under advisement) in the hopes that keeping the thread > alive will get you what you need before too many days > pass. Probably these questions are more to satisfy my=20 > curiosity than to give help ... but let's go: >=20 > First, what command are you using to attempt to print > the test page? >=20 > Secondly, what does your entry for the printer look like > in /etc/printcap? >=20 > Anything in your logs? /var/log/messages, perhaps... >=20 > Lastly, did you restart the daemon?=20 >=20 > $lpc restart all >=20 > Like I said; I may be off base here, but maybe there's > food for thought; at the very least maybe somebody > else can grab the ball and run with it >=20 http://www.freebsddiary.org/cups.php I no longer use CUPS myself, but when I had it setup, I had to make sure = the system lp* files where chmod'ed to -x so that the CUPS version would be = used instead. The above link suggests moving /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin = in your path, but that just doesn't give me warm fuzzy feelings.
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