What setup you tried yet? 2009/5/14 Friedrich Locke <friedrich.lo...@gmail.com>: > Dear list members, > > i have an USB HP P2055dn laser printer. I have it running on Windows > and OpenSolaris (with solaris it worked by itself, i just boot > openSolaris ant it was there fully funcional). > > I would like to have it working with openbsd, is it possible? > > Thank in advance. > > PS: i have no ideia how OpenSolaris got it working, it just did it. > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Jan Stary <h...@stare.cz> wrote: >> On May 13 16:20:30, Duane A. Damiano wrote: >>> I'm new to OpenBSD. B I recently installed 4.5. B It seems to be working >>> well except for this CUPS printing problem. B My printer is an HP DeskJet >>> connected to the parallel port. >>> >>> The CUPS driver is running. B Here's a line from dmesg: >>> >>> lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 >>> >>> Here's the OpenBSD lpinfo output: >>> >>> # /usr/local/sbin/lpinfo -v >>> network socket >>> network http >>> network ipp >>> network lpd >>> direct usb:/dev/ulpt0 >>> direct usb:/dev/ulpt1 >>> # >>> >>> >>> When I boot Debian Lenny on this same computer, I see this: >>> >>> dada...@swing:~$ /usr/sbin/lpinfo -v >>> network socket >>> network beh >>> direct hpfax >>> direct hp >>> network http >>> network ipp >>> network lpd >>> direct parallel:/dev/lp0 >>> direct scsi >>> serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200 >>> dada...@swing:~$ >>> >>> With Debian, I use "parallel:/dev/lp0" as the CUPS URI and printing >>> works fine. >>> >>> It seems like the OpenBSD lpinfo output should include a line like >>> "direct parallel:/dev/lpt0", but as you can see, it's not there. B Can >>> someone tell me what's wrong here? B Do I need to install some other >>> package? >> >> >> The lpinfo output of the two CUPS installation suggests >> there is a difference between the two CUPS installations. >> >> Seeing 'direct hp' and 'direct hpfax' in one and not the other >> makes me guess that one of the CUPS installations has an additional >> package installed that allows it to talk to the HP printer in the >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_JetDirect protocol. To do that, you need >> the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript_Printer_Description files, >> which are provided via the print/foomatic* packages. >> >> (Obviously, postscript and lpd are not good enough for HP. >> They need to have a separate protocol for their printers.) >> >> Check the 'lpinfo -l' for your printer model, and if not found, >> a good hint could be to look at what the dependencies of the CUPS >> installation that _can_ see it, and install the analogous packages >> for the other CUPS instalation too. >> >> (For my HP Color LaserJet 260n, I needed the print/foo2zjs package >> providing share/foo2zjs/db/source/PPD/HP-Color_LaserJet_2600n.ppd.gz >> and the /usr/local/bin/foo2hp filter.) >> >> These PPD fiels and the corresponding filters do the real work >> of talking to the printer. CUPS is just an (overbloated, IMHO) >> administration around that (to call the right filter for the >> right printer etc). The same administration can be done by >> the standard lpd - the install message of foomatic-filters >> contains a working printcap example. >> >> B B B B Jan > >
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