This may help:
https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/ports/print/cups-filters/pkg/README?rev=1.10
On 7/16/19 7:13 AM, Jonathan Drews wrote:
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 08:06:20AM +0000, Roderick wrote:
On Tue, 16 Jul 2019, Jonathan Drews wrote:
These are the notes I made for printing on my old OpenBSD computer: [...]
It seems too complicated. In principle only the a field "if" to
printcap should be necessary.
1) Go to http://openprinting.org/printer_list.cgi?make=HP
and look for the Deskjet 6940
Unfortunately dj6940 uses hplip. A filter from HP. That is not
ghostscript.
Does hplip run in OpenBSD? Do someone know how to configure a
printer with hplip? Ist it possible with lpd or only cups?
Rodrigo
Hi Rodrigo:
I spent most of tonight and into the early morning trying
to get printing working on OpenBSD, without using CUPS. I
downloaded and compiled foomatic-rip and got it installed. It
worked but the *.ppd file could not be read. I got this message
from lpd-errs:
foomatic-rip version 4.0.12.246 running...
called with arguments: '-w132', '-l66', '-i0', '-n', 'root', '-j',
'PrintTest.txt', '-h',
+'jaguar.users.co', '/usr/local/sbin/hp-deskjet_6940_series.ppd
.
.
.
CUPS filter for this PPD file not found ....
so the *.ppd files depend on CUPS, it seems.
At this point, I am going to look for another printer that is more
OpenBSD friendly. My Desjet 6940 is pretty old and the cartridges
cost a lot (> USD $120.00)
Kind regards,
Jonathan
