Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 11:15:18 +0100 From: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> To: andy@neu.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printing setup Message-ID: <20031104111518.20a9fe12.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0311040558550.13087@Mira.dandy.net> References: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0311040558550.13087@Mira.dandy.net>
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On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 06:09:53 -0500 (EST) andy@neu.net wrote: Hi, > What is the fastest and easiest way to get printing setup on 5.1 > release? I have a Brother 1440 connected to the printer port. I want > to be able to print from the print sever and a few other BSD machines, > and also to setup samba to allow other machines on the local network > to share the printer. I tried CUPS it did not work. I also tried > LPRng, but had trouble getting it configured also. I tried to > download and compile Printtool, but that didn't work either. Is there > a graphical printer configuration tool for BSD? Please cc > me with responses. I use a Brother 1430 in FreeBSD 5.1, and it works very well. I connected it to the USB port and installed CUPS. Then I downloaded the foomatic-rip script from http://www.linuxprinting.org and the HL1250 ppd for CUPS. Works like a charm. Install the ppd file and the foomatic stuff and then start cupds (/usr/local/etc/rc.d/cups.sh start). Point your browser to http://localhost:631 and enter the user when prompted (root and its password). Your files should like this: /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-gswrapper /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip /usr/local/share/cups/model/Brother-HL-1430-hl1250.ppd Create a new printer and choose the Brother model. Should just work. Also check www.linuxprinting.org, it has a lot of info of the matter. Cheers, -- Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> http://www.energyhq.es.eu.org
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