printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

[Antonio Olivares]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Antonio Olivares
<olivares14031 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear folks,
>
> I have a working installation 8.2 Release AMD64 and I am trying to
> follow a printing howto :
>
> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html
>
> I am copying the settings and I can't print.
>
> quadcore# lpq -a
> lp:
> Warning: no daemon present
> Rank   Owner      Job  Files                                 Total Size
> 1st    root       0    (standard input)                      17 bytes
> 2nd    root       1    (standard input)                      89 bytes
>
> quadcore# lpd
> chkprintcap: Warning: blanks after trailing '\', at line 62 (entry lp)
> chkprintcap: Warning: values-line after line with NO trailing '\', at line 63
> chkprintcap:    2 warnings from skimming /etc/printcap
>
> quadcore# cat /etc/printcap
> #       @(#)printcap    5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90
> # $FreeBSD: src/etc/printcap,v 1.14.30.1.6.1 2010/12/21 17:09:25 kensmith Exp $
>
> #
> # This enables a simple local "raw" printer, hooked up to the first
> # parallel port.  No kind of filtering is done, so everything you pass
> # to the "lpr" command will be printed unmodified.
> #
> # Remember, for further print queues you're going to add, you have
> # to choose different spool directories (the "sd" capability below),
> # otherwise you will greatly confuse lpd.
> #
> # For some advanced printing, have a look at the "apsfilter" package.
> # It plugs into the lpd system, allowing you to print a variety of
> # different file types by converting everything to PostScript(tm)
> # format.  For more information about apsfilter visit
> #
> #            http://www.apsfilter.org/
> #
> # If you don't have a PostScript(tm) printer, don't panic, but do
> # also install the latest "ghostscript" package for best printer support.
> #
> # Do also refer to the "printing" section of the handbook.
> #
> #       http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing.html
> #
> # A local copy can be found under
> #
> #       /usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.{html,latin1}.
> #
> # Banner pages are now suppressed by default.  Remove the :sh: capability
> # to turn them back on.
> #
> #lp|local line printer:\
> #       :sh:\
> #       :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
> #
> # Sample remote printer.  The physical printer is on machine "lphost".
> # You can perform any kind of local filtering directly.  If you need
> # local filters (e.g. LF -> CR-LF conversion for HP printers), create
> # a filter script that sends the proper escape sequence to the printer
> # and then concatenates stdin to stdout.
> #
> #remote|sample remote printer:\
> #       :sh:\
> #       :rm=lphost:sd=/var/spool/output/lphost:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
> #       :if=/usr/local/libexec/if-script:
> #
> # Simple Russian printer with hardware CP866 character set, output filter
> # used for KOI8-R -> CP866 conversion
> #
> #lp|Russian local line printer:\
> #       :sh:of=/usr/libexec/lpr/ru/koi2alt:\
> #       :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
>
> # add for HP Deskjet 812C
> lp:\
>        :lp=/dev/ulpt0:\
>        :sh:\
>        :mx#0:\
>        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
>        :if=/usr/local/libexec/psif:\
>        :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
>
> quadcore# cat /usr/local/libexec/ps2pcl
> #!/bin/sh
> /usr/local/bin/gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=deskjet -sOUTFILE=- -
>
> quadcore# ls -l /usr/local/libexec/ps2pcl
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  81 Jul 27 14:18 /usr/local/libexec/ps2pcl
> quadcore# cat /usr/local/libexec/psif
> #!/bin/sh
> IFS="" read -r first_line
> first_two_chars=`expr "$first_line" : '\(..\)'`
>
> case "first_two_chars" in
> %!|\033%%)
>        # %! or ESC% : Postscript job, print it.
>        echo "$first_line" && cat && printf "\004" && exit 0
>        exit 2
>        ;;
> *)
>        # otherwise, format with enscript
>        ( echo "$first_line"; cat ) \
>         | /usr/local/bin/enscript -o - && printf "\004" && exit 0
>        exit 2
>        ;;
> esac
>
> quadcore# ls -l /usr/local/libexec/psif
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  378 Jul 27 14:26 /usr/local/libexec/psif
>
> I modified the -sDEVICE to  -sDEVICE=deskjet  since the machine is an
> Desjet.  The printer is on a USB and it is connected.  I have tried to
> change
>
> /dev/ulpt0 and /dev/unlpt0 and still get the same thing.  Any
> pointers/advice/hints?
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> Antonio
>

I have found a page in OpenPrinting:

http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-DeskJet_812C

But the device /dev/ulpt0 and/or /dev/unlpt0 are not found :(

quadcore# ls /dev/ulpt0
ls: /dev/ulpt0: No such file or directory
quadcore# ls /dev/unlpt0
ls: /dev/unlpt0: No such file or directory

I need to add them somewhere in /etc/rc.conf, or in /boot/loader.conf ?

Thanks,

Antonio