HP Printer not working?

[Gerard Samuel]

On Thursday 03 June 2004 03:48 pm, David Telyas wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have an i386 running FreeBSD 5.2.1 and KDE, but I can't get my printer
> working. It's a HP Deskjet 5550 connected via USB. I've heard about lpd
> and cups, but don't know which one to use or what the difference is. So
> can anyone guide a Windows user to an easy howto?
>
> Btw I got cups to find the printer, but it's only working in raw format,
> so I can't really use it.
>

Here is an article I wrote some time ago, using CUPS and an HP DeskJet.
http://www.freebsddiary.org/cups.php
It should still apply...