Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:30:38 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: WOB <wayofbsd@verizon.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Deep in printer hell. Message-ID: <4328340E.5080600@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <4327D833.6000003@verizon.net> References: <4327D833.6000003@verizon.net>
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WOB wrote: > > 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 Andreas Klemm is your messiah! He has conquered printer hell! see /usr/ports/print/apsfilter (and www.apsfilter.org). HTH, Kevin Kinsey
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