--- On Sat, 2/27/10, Warren Block <wbl...@wonkity.com> wrote:
From: Warren Block <wbl...@wonkity.com> Subject: Re: RESOLVED: Printing via USB Port To: "Bill Tillman" <btillma...@yahoo.com> Cc: "Robert Bonomi" <bon...@mail.r-bonomi.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Saturday, February 27, 2010, 2:26 PM On Sat, 27 Feb 2010, Bill Tillman wrote: > Okay guys this is finally working. I found the answer here: > > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=64508 > > This didn't come up in my other searches. > > This morning I put in "freebsd hl2040 usb" into my yahoo search and this came > up. Didn't you get my last message yesterday? It had that very link. > Seems this guy got it to work by using unlpt0 not ulpt0. I had tried this > before and was using the ifhp filter but that didn't work. The printer is not HP or even PCL, so ifhp is likely not the right filter. > So I did this with /etc/printcap: > > lp|HL2040|Brother HL-2040:\ > :lp=/dev/unlpt0:\ > :af=/home/bill/hl1250.ppd:\ > :if=/usr/local/bin/foomatic-rip:\ > :lf=/var/log/lpd/hl2040.log:\ > :sh:sd=/var/spool/lpd/laser: It was probably the unlpt0 device that cured it. Could you verify whether the plain lpd entry with the unlpt0 device works? lp:\ :lp=/dev/unlpt0:\ :sh:\ :mx#0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :if=/usr/local/libexec/ps2hl1250: \ :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA Okay, we can put this one to rest. The simpler /etc/printcap above using ps2hl1250 which is a very short script works as well. No need to have to load the foomatic-filters port. Good thinking as this keeps the setup simple and easier. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"