On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, Colin J. Raven wrote:
Damn, I was on the *verge* of heading out next week to buy one of those given that I could *not* get my "all-in-one" HP psc2105 to function at all. I'd given up after days of struggle since the end didn't seem to justify the means. (Windows XP box is pretty much up 24/7 anyway for anyone who needs to print)
Colin,
Sorry to throw in late, but I have a (not very similar) HP printer that's been working fine and maybe I can help. I assume your psc2105 has a JetDirect card (with RJ45 ethernet jack) - I can't really tell from the online specs at www.hp.com. If so, have you assigned it an IP address? I apologize if this has been answered earlier in the thread, just had to point out the obvious.
I don't use cups - cause it looks like a huge pig :^) - but lpr has served me well over the years. Under 5.3R, all I had to do was 4.5
things:
1) put lpd_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf
1a) Run /usr/sbin/lpd as root, or reboot; your choice.
2) make the name 'snowball' resolve to the printer's IP (because I name printers after Devo songs). I used /etc/hosts, but you can run DNS locally if you prefer.
3) create an entry in /etc/printcap like so:
lp|snow|snowball|lj|ps|HP ColorLaserJet 4550N:\
:sh:\
:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\
:mx#0:\
:lp=:rm=snowball:rp="auto":4) create the directory /var/spool/output/lpd and chmod it to 755.
This works fine for printing from Mozilla and Acrobat, as well as 'lpr somefile' type stuff.
Hope this helps.
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