On 28 September 2011 10:49, Thomas Mueller <mueller6...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > from Chris Rees <cr...@freebsd.org>: > >> Some rather strange printers will be recognised by umass before ugen >> recognises them; you have to plug it in before umass is loaded or it >> becomes a mass storage device. > >> I'm not sure that the Windows printer stack is included in Wine, why >> would you rather do that than use CUPS? The gutenprint drivers are >> often of a higher quality than the manufacturer's provided ones, and >> they install less trash. > > I need umass, otherwise USB sticks and other USB disks are inaccessible.
I think you've misunderstood me. Power on (without umass), plug in printer, watch console for ulpt0 and THEN kldload umass. > Should the printer be plugged in and powered on at boot time? Yes. See above :) > I am already trying unsuccessfully to build hplip to access the printer in > the Unix way, without wine. > > With wine, I might want to try another way, using MS-Windows drivers if > possible. > > Building hplip failed due to a broken dependency, py-reportlab2 > > BROKEN= does not package > (quoting from the Makefile) > > I seriously doubt you'll have any luck with hp drivers under wine :) Unless HP differs seriously from the Epsons I've always used, you can just use vanilla CUPS with them. Bear in mind, I'm no expert on HP printers; I'm only replying because no-one else has jumped in :) Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
