From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 02:55:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D75B106566C for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 02:55:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfalang.bob@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.157]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B52B8FC12 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 02:55:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfalang.bob@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so1046233fgg.35 for ; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:55:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=6+Tu00RVFK0KUHXfJiAlf9S9vn44xBIV+m/OReoFVB8=; b=k9VNPADI1XvKL3tpj/kiJG7l9si8LY/gIkHzZ5AIkPs6yaJfk2e56ne/QbEXjUHHej9ApD5FB2c/SCTeBM8Tyz/GmLHfGNZeoA0Ev858kxQmUSGmD5tOmXDLV/sISMAKDn/xhpDwnwn9t53VH/L+XffPFBfJgkrI7uzcWSxHm+I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Gqm8e3NRgKLxjKCesf1fWsrd96dpJNznSTAbRtH7TEuZQFsbMWj1wdfjF2fne3kAGEpA1bbHyuN5Ew5yftFvabcTs+GEkDMvegyhWdS4WzAwu8Sx+ztUccCVMGUXiLgh/saHuV4CvM6tt5uMqawd02L2kHMOlHfeQEQQu8hW3IE= Received: by 10.86.97.7 with SMTP id u7mr2266113fgb.65.1204685740080; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:55:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.86.3.1 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 18:55:40 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <58d1e8d30803041855r754efa3s62ceb5df4fec223@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:55:40 -0500 From: "Bob Falanga" To: "Michael Ross" In-Reply-To: <47CDDCCD.3090200@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <58d1e8d30803041406y7a99b5acn9616efff83ac683b@mail.gmail.com> <47CDDCCD.3090200@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Printing with a laserjet 1018 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: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:55:41 -0000 Sorry, I am still new at unix type OS so where do I make these changes? Thank you, Bob On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Michael Ross wrote: > Bob Falanga schrieb: > > First of all, thanks to those who have helped me so far. > > I have configured the printer and everything looks OK, but when I do a > test > > print the test page goes into the printer queue and stays there for > ever. > > The printer doesn't even squeak. First I had to use the print driver for > a > > laserjet 1010 as I couldn't kind a driver for the 1018. Second the > printer > > does work under the alternate OS. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > HP printer using CUPS, right? > Try using /usr/local/bin/lpr instead of /usr/bin/lpr. > Same goes for lprm, lpq and friends. > Make sure all your apps do. > Maybe replace /usr/bin/lpr with /usr/local/bin/lpr. > Repeat after installworld. > > HTH > > Michael >