HP Desktjet D1420 detected by Freebsd, but not CUPS

Torfinn Ingolfsen torfing at broadpark.no
Fri Jul 13 17:20:37 UTC 2007


On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:55:18 +1000
Norberto Meijome <freebsd at meijome.net> wrote:

> backend/usb-unix.c. is of relevance, methinks it seems to
> need /dev/ulpt ... do you ulpt.ko loaded?  and the printer detectd ?

FWIW, I'm using the hplip port with a HP PS8250 printer, connected via
usb.
The hplip port in FreeBSD does not need ulpt, or any other kld that
grabs the printer device. The printer needs to be detected as ugen.
In my case, I had to unload umass (because this printer has a card
reader).
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Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen



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