Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2016 23:37:20 +0100 From: Tijl Coosemans <tijl@coosemans.org> To: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cups problems on 10.3 release both Epson and HP Message-ID: <20161105233720.586fd471@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> In-Reply-To: <2134837b-14ed-a35e-aec0-2490e268659d@dreamchaser.org> References: <2134837b-14ed-a35e-aec0-2490e268659d@dreamchaser.org>
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On Sat, 5 Nov 2016 12:58:12 -0600 Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> wrote: > Is anyone successfully using cups on 10.3? > I was using version 2.0.3 of cups on 9.2 ok, > but after installing 10.3 and cups 2.2.1 neither my Epson 3880 nor HP Officejet > Pro 8500 works. > Both of the printers are installed as networked printers, > using the socket://...:9100 interface. > > From the web interface to cups, > if I ask for the Epson to print its self-test page, > the printer activates and the green light above the power button starts blinking, > and never quits blinking -- it's as if the printer is perpetually busy. I have > to turn it off and on to reset it. > For the HP, I get a page that says something to the effect that if you can read > this page you are using the wrong driver. > > I tried all of the epson 3880 drivers listed in the cups drop-down, plus > the 4600 one; there was no driver for the officejet pro 8500 listed so I > tried using a different one (which had worked under cups 2.0.3 on 9.2) and > also the one in the gutenprint 5.2.10 installation. > > ideas? Did you install print/cups-filters?
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