On Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 10:01:20PM -0600, Ed Ahlsen-Girard wrote: > Jacob Meuser <jakemsr () sdf ! lonestar ! org> wrote > at 2011-01-02 1:24:20 wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 12:26:38AM +0000, Jacob Meuser wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 02:07:02PM -0600, Ed Ahlsen-Girard wrote: > > > > Jacob Meuser <jakemsr () sdf ! lonestar ! org> wrote > > > > at 2011-01-01 19:34:40: > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 07:03:52AM -0600, Ed Ahlsen-Girard > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > First, Happy New Year! > > > > > > > > > > > > I resolved last week to stop using Windows to print from my > > > > > > OpenBSD machine, so I re-read man pages for and re-tried > > > > > > CUPS, lpd, foomatic, etc. As it stands now, here is my > > > > > > printcap: > > > > > > > > > > > > # $OpenBSD: printcap,v 1.4 2003/03/28 21:32:30 jmc Exp > > > > > > $ > > > > > > > > > > > > #lp|local line > > > > > > printer:lp=/dev/lp:sd=/var/spool/output:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > > > > > > lp|5510:\ > > > > > > > lp=/dev/ulpt0:\ > > > > > > > af=/etc/foomatic/HPOJ.ppd:\ > > > > > > where did HPOJ.ppd come from? > > > > fwiw, I just tried with my HP officejet 4500, to see if it prints > > with ulpt and lpd on my laptop (I normally use ugen and cups on my > > desktop... I need ugen for the scanner). > > > > I installed hpijs and foomatic-filters packages. this pulled in a2ps > > and ghostscript. > > > > located the ppd I want, which is > > /usr/local/share/foomatic/db/source/PPD/HP/hp-officejet_4500_g510g-m-hpijs.ppd.gz > > > > I had to dig for that. well, 'pkg_info -L hpijs | grep 4500' is how I > > found it. not sure why 'foomatic-ppdfile -P 4500' did not find it. > > I think it should. anyway ... > > > > $ > > zcat > > /usr/local/share/foomatic/db/source/PPD/HP/hp-officejet_4500_g510g-m-hpijs.ppd. > > \ gz > hpoj4500_hpijs.ppd $ sudo cp hpoj4500_hpijs.ppd /etc/foomatic > > $ sudo mg /etc/printcap $ cat /etc/printcap > > # $OpenBSD: printcap,v 1.4 2003/03/28 21:32:30 jmc Exp $ > > > > #lp|local line printer:\ > > # :lp=/dev/lp:sd=/var/spool/output:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > > > > #rp|remote line printer:\ > > # :lp=:rm=music.humppa.hu:rp=lp:sd=/var/spool/output:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > > > > # basically copied from local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/foomatic-filters > > # but add the 'sh' to not get the "burst page header" > > lp:\ > > :lp=/dev/ulpt0:\ > > :af=/etc/foomatic/hpoj4500_hpijs.ppd:\ > > :if=/usr/local/bin/foomatic-rip:\ > > :sd=/var/spool/output:\ > > :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ > > :sh: > > $ sudo lpd > > $ lpr bin/aup > > > > and viola, aup, a 10 line shell script, is printed on paper > > > > moral of the story: use the right PPD file. how did I know which one > > to use? well, I know ijs works with ghostscript, and I've used the > > ijs drivers from gutenprint with lpd. seems to me the most likely to > > work, since ghostscript is a classical lpd filter. > > > > -- > > [email protected] > > Shameless cloning using the hp-officejet_5500-hpijs.ppd file worked > pretty well. > > Eventually I'll want to put in scan support too, but that can wait until > I'm worn out from the dance of joy over just printing. Many, many > thanks.
nice :) however, if you want to use MFPs for printing *and* scanning, you can't really use lpd. you'll have to disable ulpt in ukc and use your device as a ugen. then you have to use CUPS for printing. there are some ideas being formulated on how to make this easier, but nothing concrete yet. -- [email protected] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
