Network Printing - Please put me out of my misery

[gabriel]

heh, everything BUT printing is working, I've even got it scanning! I
cant believe this. I refuse to go to windows for anything, that and
the fact that I dont have a place to install windows is what thrives
my dispair.


On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:23:50 +0100, Colin J. Raven
<colin at kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> wrote:
> On Jan 22 at 15:02, Gerard Samuel launched this into the bitstream:
> 
> > gabriel wrote:
> >
> >> I'm not sure what you mean by "try the jetdirect,"
> >>
> > PORT     STATE SERVICE
> > 9100/tcp open  jetdirect  <=== This One
> >
> > Jetdirect is HP's print server
> 
> You mean the blackbox ("JetDirect") sold in better stores is essentially
> existing within FreeBSD/Ports already?
> 
> Damn, I was on the *verge* of heading out next week to buy one of those
> given that I could *not* get my "all-in-one" HP psc2105 to function at
> all. I'd given up after days of struggle since the end didn't seem to
> justify the means. (Windows XP box is pretty much up 24/7 anyway for
> anyone who needs to print)
> 
> Regards,
> -Colin
> 
> 


-- 
gabriel,

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