Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:49:28 +0200 From: FreeBsdBeni <freebsdbeni@spymac.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: WOB <wayofbsd@verizon.net> Subject: Re: Deep in printer hell. Message-ID: <200509142049.32366.freebsdbeni@spymac.com> In-Reply-To: <4327D833.6000003@verizon.net> References: <4327D833.6000003@verizon.net>
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--nextPart3731730.AxmZcdU0SX Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 14 September 2005 09:58, 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 =46or my HP (PhotoSmart) I had to install /print/cups, /print/foomatic-filt= ers=20 and /print/hpijs and then configured the printer using the .ppd file from=20 www.linuxprinting.org. Now I can print from within every program. Mine is a usb printer, but I suppose your parallel printer should work in a= =20 similar way. Hope this helps. =2D-=20 Beni. --nextPart3731730.AxmZcdU0SX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDKHC898oeEzEDrEcRArVvAKCDLFqgomDpLYW8vCFTGVjx2sh1RwCePl1r aophW5/jUbBot6AJ53BGYbg= =YdNd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3731730.AxmZcdU0SX--
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