From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 27 20:44:44 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38BCB106564A for ; Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:44:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from btillman99@yahoo.com) Received: from web36507.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web36507.mail.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.85.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EF1DE8FC17 for ; Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:44:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 19226 invoked by uid 60001); 27 Feb 2010 20:44:40 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1267303480; bh=LbXseehyP/aoY+lpDxMDWpOIDZNq5CqmIavzShZjZuA=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=iW1tZpvlO49O2RGMFb1ouZFdUB+0p1E9BGSsojSH/qL4CuPYSMXBuVcD66CI97ArBzSuMEQsUKCUQnv5EFLdRRCiX8tKRmaXXyTz8s0uhVxKlCw/haGNxARHd+JF+WLS9DtdNZb6E06kE6JdfQ2v2qQBEKwo/YkfnvegtBLAd4w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=Wc0Juid+VXbI7a8zoN+QcXMXpfYL3ZNtZQxff05HJ9qt/WWlHttYoftmUpRT4kDEmyiFR1yAi9jyWg2k7One/N9dMObaldtNu3/vC74n3u/GjAUxgw7uygPU4yknMh//xoI0QHfdwpDF0q8KwEZRsCcwY00aK5UNvHvmqy52Ga0=; Message-ID: <498067.17999.qm@web36507.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: In3KZtcVM1mZZ9XM9FtT9Yc9mjWTZ7nYN6GcYDYaTNJbaCd2v37kYDW_cKnTwjCGnZWkuTWMlpMuLgxpdIj01jJWxcO.aAcV8CcEQUXB1i4HB99Gu6l3d52Vdbwu6okBByQpP4tWfT9KsZjfWLwl9sui.loVlB5aQsG36sxbnz5X5MQY0FQk_Hud7OGW97S_LoY_KrcY3LK8m8Opk5RcTk0aeNFEfsSPhchnQd_zOCmSPljAi5D5n.Vhe_R0aksxPSqoHj_WNyD.5c3C8D5oaszafHWOa1moEAlVWyDGtDJeedFps1pm Received: from [98.242.237.166] by web36507.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:44:40 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/9.2.12 YahooMailWebService/0.8.100.260964 Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:44:40 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Tillman To: Warren Block In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Robert Bonomi Subject: Re: RESOLVED: Printing via USB Port 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: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:44:44 -0000 --- On Sat, 2/27/10, Warren Block wrote: From: Warren Block Subject: Re: RESOLVED: Printing via USB Port To: "Bill Tillman" Cc: "Robert Bonomi" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.o= rg Date: Saturday, February 27, 2010, 2:26 PM On Sat, 27 Feb 2010, Bill Tillman wrote: > Okay guys this is finally working. I found the answer here: > =A0 > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=3D64508 > =A0 > This didn't come up in my other searches. >=20 > This morning I put in "freebsd hl2040 usb" into my yahoo search and this = came up. Didn't you get my last message yesterday?=A0 It had that very link. =A0 > Seems this guy got it to work by using unlpt0 not ulpt0. I had tried this= before and was using the ifhp filter but that didn't work. The printer is not HP or even PCL, so ifhp is likely not the right filter. > So I did this with /etc/printcap: > =A0 > lp|HL2040|Brother HL-2040:\ > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 :lp=3D/dev/unlpt0:\ > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 :af=3D/home/bill/hl1250.ppd:\ > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 :if=3D/usr/local/bin/foomatic-rip:\ > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 :lf=3D/var/log/lpd/hl2040.log:\ > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 :sh:sd=3D/var/spool/lpd/laser: It was probably the unlpt0 device that cured it.=A0 Could you verify whethe= r the plain lpd entry with the unlpt0 device works? lp:\ =A0 =A0=A0=A0:lp=3D/dev/unlpt0:\ =A0 =A0=A0=A0:sh:\ =A0 =A0=A0=A0:mx#0:\ =A0 =A0=A0=A0:sd=3D/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ =A0 =A0=A0=A0:if=3D/usr/local/libexec/ps2hl1250: \ =A0 =A0=A0=A0:lf=3D/var/log/lpd-errs: -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA =A0 OK, got the server and the printer back in their respective holes. Made the= necessary changes on the server's config and it's working. Test pages et.a= l are being sent and printed like before but this time it's on the USB setu= p. =A0 Warren, I must have been missing the forest for the trees. I saw your link = but was convinced it was just another story about how it's not working. Any= way, turns out there is no need to make one a member of daemon group for th= is. =A0 Now one last question. I print from two segments in my home LAN. One is 10.= 0.0.0/24 which is where almost everything in the house is. The other is 192= .168.0.0/24 which is for all the wireless devices and guests who visit with= their wireless laptops. I need to start lpd with -W parameter in order to = get it to accept print jobs from the 192.168.0.0/24 wireless segment. So wh= at is the proper syntax for this in /etc/rc.conf =A0 lpd_enable=3D"YES"=A0=A0 ???? =A0 or should I just start lpd from /etc/rc.local where I can setup the command= line as I need it? =A0 Will test your other /etc/printcap settings listed above and report back.= =0A=0A=0A