More data. I was trying to use the PPD for the 5550, and the output from the testpage was not raw PS, but a mangled cups test page with all kinds of FF in it. Just on a whim, I tried the generic printer and the "Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic/hpijs" PPD, and that worked fine (other than being in B&W).
I also let it print all the way to completion (in the past I had killed the job at the printer). Here's what it's doing with the cups test page and the 5550 PPD. It prints the top of the "ruler" at the top of the page,spits out a blank, then the numbers from the ruler on a page, 3 blanks, and then the rest of the cups test page as you'd expect. jim -----Forwarded Message----- From: secmgr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: cups 1.2.2/foomatic problem loading PPD's and raw PS output Date: 21 Oct 2006 20:37:19 -0600 Background: FBSD 6.1 (recently upgraded from 5.5). Did fairly massive upgrade of apps. foomatic-db-20060922 = up-to-date with port foomatic-db-engine-20060922,1 = up-to-date with port foomatic-db-hpijs-1.4 = up-to-date with port foomatic-filters-3.0.2_4 = up-to-date with port cups-1.2.2 = up-to-date with port cups-base-1.2.2 = up-to-date with port cups-pstoraster-8.15 = up-to-date with port Printer is HP5550 locally connect via usb /dev/ulpt0 After upgrade, the printer would just spit out raw PS (worked prior). I tried deleting anything cups or foo related, and re-installed. When I try and add the printer back in via the cups web gui, it hangs just before it should bring up the printer selection. The error log looks like it's recursively adding the same ppd's over and over. See below. I've searched and not seen this, so I have to assume it's something unique to my install. If I wait long enough (and the browser doesn't time out, the printer brand select page comes up, and finally the model. I go to print the test page from the cups web, and all it does is spit out PS again, at least thats what it act like. (I'm using the foomatic/hpijs PPD) Is it CUPS, foomatic, gs? Also, why is the port on 1.2.2 when 1.2.4 is current for cups? thanks jim [21/Oct/2006:10:51:39 -0700] [cups-driverd] Updating ppd "foomatic-db-ppds/PPD /PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD /PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD/PPD/Infote"... it keeps do this (and consuming most of the cpu) -- BSD is what you get when a bunch of Unix hackers sit down to try to port a Unix system to the PC. Linux is what you get when a bunch of PC hackers sit down and try to write a Unix system for the PC.<Matt Fuller> _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
