On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Thomas Mueller <muelle...@insightbb.com>wrote: > > I have an HP LaserJet M1212nf MFP, and hplip/hp-setup in FreeBSD finds the > printer all right when connected by Ethernet, but then fails on installing > the required binary plugin. Printer is not detected at all when connected > by USB. > > NetBSD 5.1_STABLE i386 with hplip 3.11.1 built from pkgsrc-wip couldn't > find the printer on Ethernet, next step is to login to wireless router, > and/or check the dmesg.boot, and then use the IP address found therefrom. > > pkgsrc-wip URL: http://pkgsrc-wip.sourceforge.net/ > pkgsrc URL: http://www.netbsd.org/docs/software/packages.html > > I wonder if I should have bought a printer, non-HP, with wireless, as long > as it also had USB and Ethernet capability. > > Seeing security advisories for FreeBSD, my next move might be to update > the source tree by csup, then rebuild (RELENG_9: 9.0-STABLE) for amd64 and > build for i386 as well. Then I would have the possibility of building wine > from the ports, and I could try the MS-Windows software. I also need to > update the other ports, including but not limited to hplip and dependencies. >
I added a HP Photosmart C6300 series via CUPS using HP Photosmart c6300 Series hpijs, 3.11.5 socket://192.168.25.15:9100 Prints fine over wireless. -- Adam Vande More _______________________________________________ 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"
