From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 17 10:14:16 2004 Return-Path: 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 294BA16A4CE for ; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 10:14:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.broadpark.no (mail.broadpark.no [217.13.4.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF40643D49 for ; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 10:14:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from henrik.w.lund@broadpark.no) Received: from [10.0.0.3] (52.80-202-129.nextgentel.com [80.202.129.52]) by mail.broadpark.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 057042678; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 12:14:46 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <40F97A92.4020004@broadpark.no> Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 12:14:26 -0700 From: Henrik W Lund User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040616 X-Accept-Language: nb, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ecrist@secure-computing.net References: <200407170226.19474.ecrist@secure-computing.net> In-Reply-To: <200407170226.19474.ecrist@secure-computing.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First time CUPS user, config problems? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 10:14:16 -0000 Eric Crist wrote: >Hello list. > >I'm trying to use CUPS for the first time, with all the good things I've >heard/read about it on this list. I'm mainly trying to use it as I've got an >OfficeJet G85 that I've never used with FreeBSD and linuxprinting.org has a >'mostly' working driver. > >Here's what I've done thus far: > >I've installed CUPS, and have a running daemon. I can login and install >printers. I've downloaded the recommended the correct .ppd file according to >linuxprinting.org, and tried installing the foomatic scripts it says I need. > >When I try to print a test page, I get no output what-so-ever and no >indication on the printer anything has even happened. > >I don't know where the CUPS logfile would be, so I can't read that. > >Anyone have any ideas? > >I also have a Brother HL-1440 that I've gotten working with apsfilter and lpd >(it's a remote printer off a hardware printserver), but I'd like to get it >working in CUPS, as it seems much easier to configure margins and such. > >Thanks for your help! > > > Greetings! Check out /var/log/cups/error.log for error messages. I like to crank the logging level to debug level 2 in /usr/local/etc/cupsd.conf as well, whenever it's not behaving like I want it to. Hope this helps! -Henrik W Lund