Re: How to set up a network-attached printer
Hi, did you consider using CUPS? It also should work with LPR but I never tried it. Erich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where would I find a specific method for setting up a Samsung ML-2571N network-attached PostScript printer in FreeBSD 6.1? I'm hoping for something less generic than what I've found in the handbook. It just works from MacOS X, as did the old LaserWriter IIf that the Samsung replaced, so I suppose one approach would be to use the Mac as a print server; but I would prefer to print from FreeBSD directly so that the Mac does not need to be up in order to print from the FreeBSD machine. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set up a network-attached printer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where would I find a specific method for setting up a Samsung ML-2571N network-attached PostScript printer in FreeBSD 6.1? I'm hoping for something less generic than what I've found in the handbook. Less generic? I think the Handbook printing section is complicated by too much detail, or maybe too much of the wrong kind. Anyway, it's usually three steps: Set up DNS for the printer: # for example, in /etc/hosts... 192.168.1.250netlaser Create print queue dir: mkdir -p /var/spool/lpd/netlaser chmod 770 /var/spool/lpd/netlaser Make /etc/printcap entry with rm= and rp= : netlaser:\ :lp=:\ :sh:\ :mx#0:\ :rm=netlaser:\ :rp=raw:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/netlaser:\ :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: Print to it with lpr -Pnetlaser file-to-print.ps For extra points, add another printcap entry for lp: that will print plain text. /usr/ports/print/enscript* is nice for that, or lots of people use /usr/ports/print/apsfilter so they can send about anything to the printer and let it do the conversion. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set up a network-attached printer
On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, Warren Block wrote: [snip] For extra points, add another printcap entry for lp: that will print plain text. I did something essentially identical to what Warren outlined, and it's worked fine for many years now, since long before I'd ever heard of CUPS. Here's the printcap entry: # HP color laser lp|snow|snowball|lj|ps|HP ColorLaserJet 4550N:\ :sh:\ :sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\ :mx#0:\ :lp=:rm=snowball:rp=auto: By using various names separated by pipe symbols, they are all equivalent. Since one of them is lp, you can just send text to the printer and it works, e.g. $ lpr textfile I think that lp being the first entry makes it lpr's default; not positive about that. /usr/ports/print/enscript* is nice for that, or lots of people use /usr/ports/print/apsfilter so they can send about anything to the printer and let it do the conversion. The printer should already know how to print text. Just send it via lpr; no additional software needed. -- Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** [ Busy Expunging | ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set up a network-attached printer
On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, Chris Hill wrote: On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, Warren Block wrote: For extra points, add another printcap entry for lp: that will print plain text. I did something essentially identical to what Warren outlined, and it's worked fine for many years now, since long before I'd ever heard of CUPS. Here's the printcap entry: # HP color laser lp|snow|snowball|lj|ps|HP ColorLaserJet 4550N:\ :sh:\ :sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\ :mx#0:\ :lp=:rm=snowball:rp=auto: Some printers are pickier about the queue name than others; depends on the print server. By using various names separated by pipe symbols, they are all equivalent. There's not much reason to have more than one name for a printer. I use lp for text-only queues, and other names for non-text queues. Since one of them is lp, you can just send text to the printer and it works, e.g. $ lpr textfile /usr/ports/print/enscript* is nice for that, or lots of people use /usr/ports/print/apsfilter so they can send about anything to the printer and let it do the conversion. The printer should already know how to print text. Just send it via lpr; no additional software needed. Sometimes, depending on the printer. Without a text filter, you might get the stairstep effect described in the handbook Troubleshooting section. enscript is nice because it does page numbers and titles and other formatting. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set up a network-attached printer
El Dom 14 Oct 2007, Warren Block escribió: Create print queue dir: mkdir -p /var/spool/lpd/netlaser chmod 770 /var/spool/lpd/netlaser chown daemon:daemon /var/spool/lpd/netlaser Make /etc/printcap entry with rm= and rp= : netlaser:\ :lp=:\ :sh:\ :mx#0:\ :rm=netlaser:\ :rp=raw:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/netlaser:\ :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: :lf=/var/spool/lpd/netlaser/filter-errors: since you are not specifying a filter for this printer, the lf capability may not be necessary, but since LPD will launch a process to send the print job to the networked printer, and this process will have: stdin --- to the print job stdout -- (I really don't know) stderr -- to the log file (lf capability) I recommend that you had a log for each printer defined, and leave /var/log/lpd-errs for LPD errors For extra points, add another printcap entry for lp: that will print plain text. /usr/ports/print/enscript* is nice for that, or lots of people use /usr/ports/print/apsfilter so they can send about anything to the printer and let it do the conversion. I recommend apsfilter, but don't only read the documentation, also read the code of the filter. maps ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set up a network-attached printer
El Dom 14 Oct 2007, Chris Hill escribió: On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, Warren Block wrote: For extra points, add another printcap entry for lp: that will print plain text. I did something essentially identical to what Warren outlined, and it's worked fine for many years now, since long before I'd ever heard of CUPS. Here's the printcap entry: # HP color laser lp|snow|snowball|lj|ps|HP ColorLaserJet 4550N:\ :sh:\ :sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\ :mx#0:\ :lp=:rm=snowball:rp=auto: By using various names separated by pipe symbols, they are all equivalent. Since one of them is lp, you can just send text to the printer and it works, e.g. $ lpr textfile A name of lp don't make a printer to print text files, it just save you to specify the printer (the -P option of lpr) I think that lp being the first entry makes it lpr's default; not positive about that. It is not necessary be the first alias, it can be in any position, in my case I have: stylus-c65|lp|Epson Stylus C65:\ /usr/ports/print/enscript* is nice for that, or lots of people use /usr/ports/print/apsfilter so they can send about anything to the printer and let it do the conversion. The printer should already know how to print text. Just send it via lpr; no additional software needed. Not all the printer know how to print text, but if the Samsung ML-2571N doesn't print text, I would use apsfilter. I know that all HP LaserJet support PCL and text, some models also support PostScript, I see you use rp=auto for your HP LaserJet 4550N, I had only use rp=raw and I also know that can be rp=text (to convert CR - CRLF) but I never used. maps ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to set up a network-attached printer
Where would I find a specific method for setting up a Samsung ML-2571N network-attached PostScript printer in FreeBSD 6.1? I'm hoping for something less generic than what I've found in the handbook. It just works from MacOS X, as did the old LaserWriter IIf that the Samsung replaced, so I suppose one approach would be to use the Mac as a print server; but I would prefer to print from FreeBSD directly so that the Mac does not need to be up in order to print from the FreeBSD machine. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
