Re: USB printer

David Kelly <dkellyhiwaay.net> wrote: >On Mon, Mar 10,
2008 at 12:59:38PM -0700, Gligor Lucian >wrote:
>> Does FreeBSD support a USB printer?

>Yes.

    Thank you very much for your answer.
     All the best, Gligor Lucian.


       
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Gligor Lucian wrote:
> 
> David Kelly <dkellyhiwaay.net> wrote:
>On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:59:38PM -0700, Gligor Lucian
>wrote:
>>> Does FreeBSD support a USB printer?
> 
>> Yes.
> 

You know, while there are printing utils that actually work
on FreeBSD, I
can't personally recommend CUPS.  I keep on trying to get it
to work on
FreeBSD efvery year or so, then I need to go over to one of
my other
systems.  Last one I tried was an Epson Stylus C84, but I've
also tried HP
officejets, and I just can't get locally attached printers
to work with
cups.  I can get them to work with things like apsfilter
very well, but
either someone is going to have to fix the Cups port (it
builds, but
nothing locally runs) or stop recommending it.

Or, does anyone else have it working on FreeBSD?  Sure would
like to hear
about it, but I've been trying for a long time now, with no
success.

>     Thank you very much for your answer.
>      All the best, Gligor Lucian.
> 
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On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Chuck Robey <chuckrchuckr.org> wrote:
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>  Gligor Lucian wrote:
>  >
>  > David Kelly <dkellyhiwaay.net> wrote:
>On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:59:38PM -0700, Gligor Lucian
>wrote:
>  >>> Does FreeBSD support a USB printer?
>  >
>  >> Yes.
>  >
>
>  You know, while there are printing utils that actually
work on FreeBSD, I
>  can't personally recommend CUPS.  I keep on trying to
get it to work on
>  FreeBSD efvery year or so, then I need to go over to
one of my other
>  systems.  Last one I tried was an Epson Stylus C84,
but I've also tried HP
>  officejets, and I just can't get locally attached
printers to work with
>  cups.  I can get them to work with things like
apsfilter very well, but
>  either someone is going to have to fix the Cups port
(it builds, but
>  nothing locally runs) or stop recommending it.
>
>  Or, does anyone else have it working on FreeBSD?  Sure
would like to hear
>  about it, but I've been trying for a long time now,
with no success.
>
>  >     Thank you very much for your answer.
>  >      All the best, Gligor Lucian.
>  >
I have CUPS working on my laptop and desktop. I don't have a
local
printer installed. I am using CUPS  to access printers
shared from a
windows machine. Works fine, except this morning I noticed a
pdf not
printing correctly but I believe that is Evince's fault.
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Chuck Robey wrote:
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> Gligor Lucian wrote:
>   
>> David Kelly <dkellyhiwaay.net> wrote:
>On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:59:38PM -0700, Gligor Lucian
>wrote:
>>     
>>>> Does FreeBSD support a USB printer?
>>>>         
>>> Yes.
>>>       
>
> You know, while there are printing utils that actually
work on FreeBSD, I
> can't personally recommend CUPS.  I keep on trying to
get it to work on
> FreeBSD efvery year or so, then I need to go over to
one of my other
> systems.  Last one I tried was an Epson Stylus C84, but
I've also tried HP
> officejets, and I just can't get locally attached
printers to work with
> cups.  I can get them to work with things like
apsfilter very well, but
> either someone is going to have to fix the Cups port
(it builds, but
> nothing locally runs) or stop recommending it.
>
> Or, does anyone else have it working on FreeBSD?  Sure
would like to hear
> about it, but I've been trying for a long time now,
with no success.
>
>   
>>     Thank you very much for your answer.
>>      All the best, Gligor Lucian.
>>
>>
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I have cups working on my system, printing on locally
attached USB printers.
I have followed the instructions in dekstopBSD wiki:

h
ttp://desktopbsd.net/wiki/doku.php?id=doc:printing

(though I used ports and not packages)

I still have some issues if I disconnect / reconnect the
printer, the 
permissions are not set correctly (although devfs is
running).
I might be missing some configuration step, but have not
researched 
further yet.
Generally speaking, printing works.

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Manolis Kiagias wrote:
> 
> 
> Chuck Robey wrote:
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>> Gligor Lucian wrote:
>>  
>>> David Kelly <dkellyhiwaay.net> wrote:
>On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at
>>> 12:59:38PM -0700, Gligor Lucian >wrote:
>>>    
>>>>> Does FreeBSD support a USB printer?
>>>>>         
>>>> Yes.
>>>>       
>>
>> You know, while there are printing utils that
actually work on FreeBSD, I
>> can't personally recommend CUPS.  I keep on trying
to get it to work on
>> FreeBSD efvery year or so, then I need to go over
to one of my other
>> systems.  Last one I tried was an Epson Stylus C84,
but I've also
>> tried HP
>> officejets, and I just can't get locally attached
printers to work with
>> cups.  I can get them to work with things like
apsfilter very well, but
>> either someone is going to have to fix the Cups
port (it builds, but
>> nothing locally runs) or stop recommending it.
>>
>> Or, does anyone else have it working on FreeBSD? 
Sure would like to hear
>> about it, but I've been trying for a long time now,
with no success.
>>
>>  
>>>     Thank you very much for your answer.
>>>      All the best, Gligor Lucian.
>>>
>>>
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> I have cups working on my system, printing on locally
attached USB
> printers.
> I have followed the instructions in dekstopBSD wiki:
> 
> h
ttp://desktopbsd.net/wiki/doku.php?id=doc:printing
> 
> (though I used ports and not packages)
> 
> I still have some issues if I disconnect / reconnect
the printer, the
> permissions are not set correctly (although devfs is
running).
> I might be missing some configuration step, but have
not researched
> further yet.
> Generally speaking, printing works.
> 
OK, well, maybe I'm wrong, I'll go take a look.  As to that
other
respondent, the job of doing non-local printers needs much
more trivial
drivers, so yeah, that always has worked.  I had looked
about on Google,
followed a ton of differing instructions, and hadn't had it
come near
working yet.  But, I will go take another look at this URL,
yes.
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Chuck Robey wrote:
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> Gligor Lucian wrote:
>   
>> David Kelly <dkellyhiwaay.net> wrote:
>On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:59:38PM -0700, Gligor Lucian
>wrote:
>>     
>>>> Does FreeBSD support a USB printer?
>>>>         
>>> Yes.
>>>       
>
> You know, while there are printing utils that actually
work on FreeBSD, I
> can't personally recommend CUPS.  I keep on trying to
get it to work on
> FreeBSD efvery year or so, then I need to go over to
one of my other
> systems.  Last one I tried was an Epson Stylus C84, but
I've also tried HP
> officejets, and I just can't get locally attached
printers to work with
> cups.  I can get them to work with things like
apsfilter very well, but
> either someone is going to have to fix the Cups port
(it builds, but
> nothing locally runs) or stop recommending it.
>
> Or, does anyone else have it working on FreeBSD?  Sure
would like to hear
> about it, but I've been trying for a long time now,
with no success.
>
>   
Please do not spread disinformation. Of course CUPS works on
FreeBSD as 
well as thee other spooling systems
PDQ, LPD, and LPRng.
Cheers,
Predrag




>>     Thank you very much for your answer.
>>      All the best, Gligor Lucian.
>>
>>
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On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:14:20 -0400
Chuck Robey <chuckrchuckr.org> wrote:

> You know, while there are printing utils that actually
work on
> FreeBSD, I can't personally recommend CUPS.  I keep on
trying to get
> it to work on FreeBSD efvery year or so, then I need to
go over to
> one of my other systems.  Last one I tried was an Epson
Stylus C84,
> but I've also tried HP officejets, and I just can't get
locally
> attached printers to work with cups.  I can get them to
work with
> things like apsfilter very well, but either someone is
going to have
> to fix the Cups port (it builds, but nothing locally
runs) or stop
> recommending it.
> 
> Or, does anyone else have it working on FreeBSD?  Sure
would like to
> hear about it, but I've been trying for a long time
now, with no
> success.

I have HPLIP working with CUPs perfectly. I even got it to
FAX. The
printer is accessed via a wireless network too.

-- 
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A pipe gives a wise man time to think
and a fool something to stick in his mouth.

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:14:20 -0400
Chuck Robey <chuckrchuckr.org> wrote:

 
> You know, while there are printing utils that actually
work on
> FreeBSD, I can't personally recommend CUPS.  I keep on
trying to get
> it to work on FreeBSD efvery year or so, then I need to
go over to
> one of my other systems.  Last one I tried was an Epson
Stylus C84,
> but I've also tried HP officejets, and I just can't get
locally
> attached printers to work with cups.  I can get them to
work with
> things like apsfilter very well, but either someone is
going to have
> to fix the Cups port (it builds, but nothing locally
runs) or stop
> recommending it.
> 
> Or, does anyone else have it working on FreeBSD?  Sure
would like to
> hear about it, but I've been trying for a long time
now, with no
> success.
> 
FWIW I had cups working (2 USB and 1 parellel)  forever on
three
separate FreeBSD systems until last fall sometime. It had
stopped
working on each of them after an upgrade that I have long
since forgot.
After going through all of the removals and reinstalls, I
compared what
was installed on these systems with a Linux box that cups
worked on.

I found that I needed the /print/foomatic-db
and  /print/foomatic-de-engine ports. After I installed
these two ports
cups is working fine on my FreeBSD systems. 

HTH
Robert
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Predrag Punosevac wrote:
> Chuck Robey wrote:
> Gligor Lucian wrote:
>  
>>>> David Kelly <dkellyhiwaay.net> wrote: >On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at
>>>> 12:59:38PM -0700, Gligor Lucian >wrote:
>>>>    
>>>>>> Does FreeBSD support a USB
printer?
>>>>>>         
>>>>> Yes.
>>>>>       
> 
> You know, while there are printing utils that actually
work on FreeBSD, I
> can't personally recommend CUPS.  I keep on trying to
get it to work on
> FreeBSD efvery year or so, then I need to go over to
one of my other
> systems.  Last one I tried was an Epson Stylus C84, but
I've also
> tried HP
> officejets, and I just can't get locally attached
printers to work with
> cups.  I can get them to work with things like
apsfilter very well, but
> either someone is going to have to fix the Cups port
(it builds, but
> nothing locally runs) or stop recommending it.
> 
> Or, does anyone else have it working on FreeBSD?  Sure
would like to hear
> about it, but I've been trying for a long time now,
with no success.
> 
>   
>> Please do not spread disinformation. Of course CUPS
works on FreeBSD as
>> well as thee other spooling systems
>> PDQ, LPD, and LPRng.

Well, YOU might note that I _did_ say that others did work
(I even gave an
example, apsfilter, that worked) and I specified that cups
itself worked,
just that the job of installing drivers in cups for FreeBSD
seemed
undocumented.  Someone since then found for me a wiki
(non-FreeBSD- you
note) that gives more help, but it seems that no helkp is
forthcoming from
FreeBSD itself.  I specified in the email that non-local
printers, which
only use default ps drivers worked fine also, it was only
when you tried to
install locally based printers, which  need local drivers,
that you end up
in trouble.

If you're going to criticize, at least try to read the post
first.

Cups on FreeBSD is still woefully underdocumented, relying
100% on others
sites, when the cups installation has been changed
(somewhat) to agree with
hier(7).  I agree that needed to be done, and would have
been complaining
if it hadn't,  but then there should have been some small
notes detailing
how to install a local driver.  As a general rule in FreeBDS
ports, there
is (on most ports that have more than 1 version)
insufficient care given to
detailing the differences in ports, when there are more than
one version to
choose from.  Example?  the cups and the cups-base port have
the same
pkg-descr, so how is anyone to know what the difference is,
and under whjat
circumstances should one port be chosen over another.

Don't answer that question, answer why no care is ever given
to correct the
woeful state of most multi-option pkg-descr files.

>> Cheers,
>> Predrag
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>>>     Thank you very much for your answer.
>>>>      All the best, Gligor Lucian.
>>>>
>>>>
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On Wednesday 12 March 2008 19:37:47 Manolis Kiagias wrote:
> Chuck Robey wrote:
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> > Gligor Lucian wrote:
> >> David Kelly <dkellyhiwaay.net> wrote:
>On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 
12:59:38PM -0700, Gligor Lucian >wrote:
> >>>> Does FreeBSD support a USB printer?
> >>>
> >>> Yes.
> >
> > You know, while there are printing utils that
actually work on FreeBSD, I
> > can't personally recommend CUPS.  I keep on trying
to get it to work on
> > FreeBSD efvery year or so, then I need to go over
to one of my other
> > systems.  Last one I tried was an Epson Stylus
C84, but I've also tried
> > HP officejets, and I just can't get locally
attached printers to work
> > with cups.  I can get them to work with things
like apsfilter very well,
> > but either someone is going to have to fix the
Cups port (it builds, but
> > nothing locally runs) or stop recommending it.
> >
> > Or, does anyone else have it working on FreeBSD? 
Sure would like to hear
> > about it, but I've been trying for a long time
now, with no success.
> >
> >>     Thank you very much for your answer.
> >>      All the best, Gligor Lucian.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> I have cups working on my system, printing on locally
attached USB
> printers. I have followed the instructions in
dekstopBSD wiki:
>
> h
ttp://desktopbsd.net/wiki/doku.php?id=doc:printing
>
> (though I used ports and not packages)

Did you find it necessary to recompile the kernel with ulpt
disabled?

I have a HP PSC2110 "All-In-One" that I can use in
Linux (printing and 
scanning) but was unable to get working in FreeBSD.  I
believe part of the 
solution is to disable ulpt and recompile the kernel, but I
had trouble 
getting hplip to work.  FreeBSD does not have hpoj, which is
what I use in 
Linux with this printer.
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