From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 29 20:04:22 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24D8C16A400 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:04:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from benfell@earth.parts-unknown.org) Received: from earth.parts-unknown.org (earth.parts-unknown.org [66.93.170.243]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F184B13C4B3 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:04:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from benfell@earth.parts-unknown.org) Received: (qmail 77373 invoked by uid 501); 29 Jan 2007 19:57:40 -0000 Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:57:40 -0800 From: David Benfell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070129195740.GA73759@parts-unknown.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20070129074438.GA15883@parts-unknown.org> <20070129173944.GC39489@slackbox.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070129173944.GC39489@slackbox.xs4all.nl> X-gnupg-public-key: http://www.parts-unknown.org/gnupg/export-0DD1D1E3 X-stardate: [-29]7064.10 X-moon: The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (88% of Full) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Subject: Re: conflict between gimp-print and gutenprint 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: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:04:22 -0000 --nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:39:44 +0100, Roland Smith wrote: > On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 11:44:38PM -0800, David Benfell wrote: > > Hello all, > >=20 > > I am running FreeBSD 6.2 with CUPS and a printer--specifically an HP Co= lor > > LaserJet 5500-DN--that only seems to want to print with the Gutenprint = port > > installed. > >=20 > > Even with the Gutenprint port installed, I had to copy the PPD file over > > from a Linux laptop to get color working. >=20 > You have to install the PPD file into CUPS. This can be done via > administration/Add Printer or Printers/Modify Printer. I used the > lpadmin app to add the ppd file: >=20 > /usr/local/sbin/lpadmin -E -p clj2550 -v parallel:/dev/lpt0 -P clj2550.ppd >=20 The -E option didn't work for me: earth# /usr/local/sbin/lpadmin -E -p home -v socket://192.168.18.20 -P /usr= /local/share/cups/model/custom/hp_color_LaserJet_5500.ppd=20 lpadmin: Unable to connect to server: Bad file descriptor Omitting it worked, but I had to go through a cycle of enabling the printer before it claimed it accepted a request to print a test page. The man page for lpadmin claims both that the -E option forces encryption to the server and enables the printer. But even after all this, the test page still didn't actually print. The printer just sits there blissfully unaware that it is supposed to be printi= ng something. > > Then I decided to install the Gimp. The Gimp entails gimp-print which > > conflicts with Gutenprint. So I uninstalled Gutenprint. And now I can= 't > > get anything to print. >=20 > In the GIMP, set up the printer as PostScript level 2, and also provide > the PPD file. >=20 > Works fine with my 2550L. >=20 I'll have to try this after I can even get the printer to print under any application at all. Thanks! --=20 David Benfell, LCP benfell@parts-unknown.org --- Resume available at http://www.parts-unknown.org/ NOTE: I sign all messages with GnuPG (0DD1D1E3). --nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFvlG0Ud+dMw3R0eMRAnxPAJ41dhuNiTmH9uef6VxzU3g8b4hvYwCfTr5d VVfzIH09fkCXzadrnCmL7Ko= =shgC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j--