Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:16:44 -0800 From: David Benfell <benfell@parts-unknown.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conflict between gimp-print and gutenprint Message-ID: <20070129211644.GA83500@parts-unknown.org> In-Reply-To: <20070129195740.GA73759@parts-unknown.org> References: <20070129074438.GA15883@parts-unknown.org> <20070129173944.GC39489@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20070129195740.GA73759@parts-unknown.org>
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--cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:57:40 -0800, David Benfell wrote: > 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 = Color > > > LaserJet 5500-DN--that only seems to want to print with the Gutenprin= t port > > > installed. > > >=20 > > > Even with the Gutenprint port installed, I had to copy the PPD file o= ver > > > 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: >=20 > earth# /usr/local/sbin/lpadmin -E -p home -v socket://192.168.18.20 -P /u= sr/local/share/cups/model/custom/hp_color_LaserJet_5500.ppd=20 > lpadmin: Unable to connect to server: Bad file descriptor >=20 > Omitting it worked, but I had to go through a cycle of enabling the print= er > before it claimed it accepted a request to print a test page. >=20 > The man page for lpadmin claims both that the -E option forces encryption > to the server and enables the printer. >=20 > 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 prin= ting > something. Okay, it prints now. Inexplicably, the printer thought it was paused. (My= cat must have done it.) Now to try this... > > In the GIMP, set up the printer as PostScript level 2, and also provide > > the PPD file. Okay, I did this, but CUPS never sees print jobs from the Gimp. How is one to debug something that fails silently? I'm not even getting a clue what's wrong here. Next question: How to get OpenOffice to recognize all the printer attributes? Spadmin doesn't seem to want to deal with PPD files. 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). --cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFvmQ8Ud+dMw3R0eMRAsroAJ9BzY9mIR9iIypmyIqotw5ce+Q4rgCeKyQq MG2TXPFaPO5hzj3Pp7E4Wfk= =sbMH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e--
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