> If you can get it working locally it is easy to make it work with CUPS > on the network. CUPS is the easiest way to print on the network. > (though there are good reasons to use others) > > Start simple: get something (either ghostscript or plain text) printing > locally. Until the printer works on freeBSD locally you can never be > sure it isn't a flakely cable or some simple thing that you are > misdiagnosing. > It's not a bad cable since the printer works under Windows and my previous Linux install(via CUPS)
> I don't remember the original thread, did you go to > www.linuxprinting.org and follow their instructions? In most cases > that is enough to get your printer working. Yes, I did. > > The hard part is making the printer work. Once it works, it is almost > trivial to add CUPS. I know. If I want to communicate with the printer to get the inklevels etc, the kernel crashes. (I use escputil). It's a bug in the usb drivers. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
