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Date:      Wed, 14 Jul 2004 13:24:28 -0500
From:      Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Is it possible to set-up a USB Printer in Freebsd?
Message-ID:  <200407141324.28476.kirk@strauser.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040714063312.8254.qmail@web51603.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20040714063312.8254.qmail@web51603.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Wednesday 2004-07-14 01:33 am, Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote:

> I did a quick skimming in the Setting Up Printer section of the handbook
> and I have found out that, like the modem installation, freebsd only
> supports printer connected to serial or parallel ports..

That would be news to my HP LJ 1200.  From dmesg:

ulpt0: HewLett Packard HP LaserJet 1200, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 2, iclass 7/1
ulpt0: using bi-directional mode

Have you tried connecting your USB printer to see if FreeBSD recognizes it?=
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If it does, using CUPS to configure it usually easier than setting it up on=
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Windows.
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Kirk Strauser

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