printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

[Ross]

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:29 AM, Ross <basarevych at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Antonio Olivares
> <olivares14031 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Ross <basarevych at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Antonio Olivares
>>> <olivares14031 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Ross <basarevych at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> It requires CUPS and replaces system lpr. Here's an example on setting
>>>>> up HPLIP: http://daemon-notes.com/articles/install/hplip
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Antonio Olivares
>>>>> <olivares14031 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Ross <basarevych at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Why you do not use HPLIP? Your printer is supported.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does lpd/lpr use this? or it requires CUPS?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Antonio
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Ross,
>>>>
>>>> But I have to compile/recompile kernel just to get it working?
>>>>
>>>> I'll think about it :?
>>>> Howto you have provided is detailed and I cannot complain :(
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Antonio
>>>>
>>>
>>> Well, you had problems with ulpt so maybe removing it which is
>>> required for HPLIP is a solution. Sorry if recompiling the kernel is
>>> not an option for you. Otherwise it just works.
>>>
>>
>> Ross,
>>
>> I am afraid to screw up and for the first time, I can say that I have
>> updated FreeBSD successfully without hiccups and I have not compiled
>> the kernel on FreeBSD :(, I have done it on linux systems many times,
>> but have not here, and I would hate to lose all the work just to get
>> the printer working.
>>
>> I will be patient and try some things out then report back.  I
>> appreciate the help and if I can't find a solution, I will take the
>> plunge :) and hopefully not fail.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Antonio
>>
>
> If you do decide to take this route, it's not that hard to recompile a kernel.
>
> # csup -h cvsup.FreeBSD.org -L2 /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile
>
> Copy your kernconf, say COFFIN, to /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/ if you are
> on 32bit or to /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/ if on amd64.
> The file could be just the following (just the GENERIC kernel,
> slightly modified):
> --- cut ---
> include         GENERIC
>
> ident           COFFIN
>
> # Remove legacy support
> nocpu           I486_CPU
> nocpu           I586_CPU
>
> # HPLIP can't work whithout this
> nodevice        ulpt
> --- cut ---
>
> # cd /usr/src
> # make buildkernel KERNCONF=COFFIN
> # make installkernel KERNCONF=COFFIN
> # reboot
>
> That's it.
>

Although I should add that you probably will need to also rebuild the
world if you update your sources with csup. Well, don't run csup, use
the sources you already have in /usr/src.