Printer Configuration

[Vince]

Neeku Shamekhi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I can't find out a way to configure my USB printer on FreeBSD 6.2. I used
> the instructions on this link: http://www.freebsddiary.org/cups.php  it
> installed something; but some commands had error and I couldn't figure it
> out. Could you please give me a step by step instruction to do this?
> 
I can only really tell you what I had to do, and ask you for more 
information so we can try and help.

For me, to get basic usb print support I had to
update the ports tree to the latest (portsnap fetch && portsnap update)
install CUPS (cd /usr/ports/print/cups ; make ; make install clean)
activate cups in rc.conf by adding cupsd_enable="YES"
turn on and connect my usb printer and check its recognised (type dmesg 
when you turn it on and you should see something like
ulpt0: HP Photosmart C3100 series, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2, iclass 255/204
ulpt0: using bi-directional mode
  near or at the end of the output.
start cups by running /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd start
open a browser and navigate to https://127.0.0.1:631
go to administration, log in as root if needed, and go through the add 
printer dialog, selecting usb printer when asked for device, and the 
closest model to mine i could find in the following screen.
After that it just worked.


What errors did you get?
what is the output of
dmesg | grep ulpt
what does
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd status
return?

Vince

> Thanks in advance.
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