Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 10:45:35 +0200 From: Patrick Hess <patrickhess@gmx.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: cups, and hplip too, fail to recognize printer when I try to print Message-ID: <4321846.9hHPBs9sCR@desk8.phess.net> In-Reply-To: <263570.73680.bm@smtp114.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <263570.73680.bm@smtp114.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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Thomas Mueller wrote: > I have printer, HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1212nf_MFP, seem to have set > it up with cups [...] > > lpr: lp: unknown printer Be aware that after installing CUPS you will find two incompatible lpr binaries on your system: /usr/bin/lpr, which belongs to the base system, and /usr/local/bin/lpr, the one that comes with CUPS. Unless you changed your $PATH to include /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin, you are still calling /usr/bin/lpr (use "which lpr" to confirm this). The same goes for /usr/bin/lp vs. /usr/local/bin/lp. So just try using the full path for /usr/local/bin/lpr and see if that does the trick. Patrick
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