Setup HP Laserjet 1120m over network with LPD

Warren Block wblock at wonkity.com
Wed Aug 7 04:57:29 UTC 2013


On Wed, 7 Aug 2013, Juris Kaminskis wrote:

> 2013. gada 6. aug. 23:17 "Warren Block" <wblock at wonkity.com> rakst?ja:
>       On Tue, 6 Aug 2013, Juris Kaminskis wrote:
>
>             after several trials and errors and reading through FreeBSD handbook I am
>             at dead end on how to proceed further, hope someone can guide me.
> 
>
>       Are you sure about that model number?  I can't find specs for a Laserjet 1120M.  There is a Laserjet M1120.  It's a Winprinter.
>
>       The file entries are confusing and use some non-base programs.  You may be mixing the base system's lpr/lpd with the CUPS versions of the same names from ports.
>
>       For plain lpr/lpd, I have this article:
>       http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html

> Model number: HP LaserJet M1120n MFP
> 
> I try your how-to in few days as it seems I need to redo whole config. I will post my results, thanks

The Laserjet M1120 is a winprinter, which means it does not understand 
plain text or common PDLs like PCL or PostScript.  There is 
print/foo2zjs in ports, but it's meant to be used with CUPS.  I have not 
tested it.


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