Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 03:58:43 -0400 From: WOB <wayofbsd@verizon.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Deep in printer hell. Message-ID: <4327D833.6000003@verizon.net>
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When JFK said, "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard..", I always wondered what exactly "the other things" were. Apparently, one of them is printer configuration under FreeBSD. If I am using a HP Deskjet 940 connected via parallel cable, is there not some simple way of configuring this printer? Is it really necessary to follow all the steps in the handbook - just to print? The "Basic Setup" instructions are 15 pages printed. Assuming you can print them. I got this printer working 6 months ago under FreeBSD, and apparently my many notes on it are too many. Now I'm starting from scratch, to redocument it, and it just seems like there should be a simpler way. I'm using 5.4, Fluxbox, Abiword, and Firefox - that's it. Eventually I will figure it out again, I just wanted to know if there was some simple script I could run, or "preferred short-cut" for setting up desktop printer. I realize the handbook is written to be precise and server-centric, but I just want to print Yahoo driving directions, and other such things. thanks
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