Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 21:03:16 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: printer woes Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403052056390.50538@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <5317C0E7.5010105@dreamchaser.org> References: <5317C0E7.5010105@dreamchaser.org>
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On Wed, 5 Mar 2014, Gary Aitken wrote: > Returned from being out a month, booted up, turned on printers... > > printers are sitting on network at dedicated ip addrs. > > When I try to print something from gimp using gutenprint, > it generates the print data and control files in the spool directory > (cf..., df...) > However, the printer never wakes up and does anything. > lpd is running, and the lock file indicates the pid of one of the lpd processes > There is an errs.xxxxxx file which is empty (how is this used??) > > status file has a message from when I set it and it never seems to change > > Any ideas why the lpd process isn't doing anything? At a guess, because the CUPS lpr is not submitting jobs to it? What does 'lpc status all' say? > cups is installed and cupsd is running, > although it's my understanding gutenprint from gimp bypasses cups; > nothing shows up in the cups queues, no surprise there. > > The gutenprint dialog shows three printers: > Printer > HP 8500 > epson3880 > Attempting to print to the hp or epson fails; > printing to Printer prints fine to the hp8500, > which is the first printer listed in /etc/printcap Use the Gutenprint "Setup Printer" button to configure how the job is sent. For base lpr/lpd, use "Custom Command" with "/usr/bin/lpr -Pepson3880", no space after the -P. The path to lpr is important because CUPS has an alternate version.
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