From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 27 18:58:14 2011 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 69947106564A; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:58:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ray@ddteam.net) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D58608FC17; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:58:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf19 with SMTP id 19so2419091wyf.13 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:58:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.46.135 with SMTP id r7mr6805394web.21.1296153256972; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:34:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from rnote.ddteam.net (136-192-133-95.pool.ukrtel.net [95.133.192.136]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b54sm4405897wer.21.2011.01.27.10.34.14 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:34:15 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:34:06 +0200 From: Aleksandr Rybalko To: Bahman Kahinpour Message-Id: <20110127203406.0bb769a5.ray@ddteam.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.0.3 (GTK+ 2.22.1; i386-portbld-freebsd8.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very Important Note on HP LaserJet P1102 on FreeBSD 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: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:58:14 -0000 On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:50:16 +0330 Bahman Kahinpour wrote: > Hi dear FreeBSD people, > After spending a lot of time on making my HP LaserJet P1102 work on > FreeBSD, I found out what the problem is!!! Please tell this to > anybody who has problems with HP P1102 on FreeBSD! > The problem with this HP model is that it has a fake CD-ROM which > contains the Windows drivers. The USB must actually be switched from > the CD-ROM mode to the Printer mode in order to work. Otherwise, the > printer will not work whatever you do. /dev/ulpt0 will not show up > either. > ---> The workaround is this: You must (unfortunately) connect the > printer to a Windows system and run SIUtility.exe or SIUtility64.exe > from the UTIL folder in the Driver CD-ROM (physical CD-ROM that comes > with the printer not the fake one) and completely disable this "HP > Smart Install" feature. After disabling this feature, everything will > be fine on FreeBSD and life will be more beautiful. > * Please pass this info on blogs, wikis, ... . I do not want other > FreeBSD fans suffer this pain. > Good luck > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Hi, seems ZeroCD technology now touching printers :) Bahman, can you try UQ_MSC_EJECT_* quirks on -CURRENT, maybe this can switch without booting into Win? If not, maybe googling some info about your printer with usb_modeswitch can help. WBW -- Aleksandr Rybalko