From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 14 19:28:46 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ECB216A41F for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:28:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from maarfree@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F17943D55 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:28:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from maarfree@xs4all.nl) Received: from maarten.sandersatkins.nl (a80-127-55-226.adsl.xs4all.nl [80.127.55.226]) by smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j8EJShEN015617; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:28:43 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from maarfree@xs4all.nl) From: Maarten Sanders To: FreeBsdBeni In-Reply-To: <200509142049.32366.freebsdbeni@spymac.com> References: <4327D833.6000003@verizon.net> <200509142049.32366.freebsdbeni@spymac.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:28:43 +0200 Message-Id: <1126726123.770.6.camel@maarten> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Deep in printer hell. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:28:46 -0000 Relax, Take a coffee, sit back and read and the chapters from the handbook up to and including 9.3.1.3. When you have a parallel port configured I recommend apsfilter to do the rest. It took me about 2 minutes to configure a parallel printer. (HP 870 CXi). Good luck, Maarten On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 20:49 +0200, FreeBsdBeni wrote: > 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 > > For my HP (PhotoSmart) I had to install /print/cups, /print/foomatic-filters > and /print/hpijs and then configured the printer using the .ppd file from > 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 > similar way. > Hope this helps.