Re: [Hplip-help] problem with HP Laserjet 1100A, parallel, FreeBSD

[Aaron J A. <aar...@hp...>]

Paul,

Please note that we do not currently support FreeBSD.  However it looks 
like the ppdev module is not being loaded.

Aaron

Paul Webster wrote:
> Good day,
> 
> I have recently installed and attempted to configure the hplip driver on my FreeBSD-6.1-p2 RELEASE machine. 
> 
> Here is some debug info: 
> 
>> uname -a
> FreeBSD alchemy.alchemy-networks.co.uk 6.1-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p2 #1: Sun Jun 18 23:42:49 BST 2006     al...@al...:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KERN1  i386
> 
> dmesg (relevent information):
> lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
> ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
> ppbus0: <Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 1100.1.1> PRINTER MLC,MFPDTF1,PCL,PJL
> 
> 
> Now where to start. First of all I attempted as advised by a few friends on #freebsd to run the hp-setup utility. this is the output:
> 
> alchemy# hp-setup
> 
> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 0.9.11)
> Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 2.0
> 
> Copyright (c) 2003-6 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
> This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
> under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
> 
>  [ERROR]: No devices found.
>  [ERROR]: Error occured during interactive mode. Exiting.
> 
> 
> Hmm odd!, I know from the site the printer is supported. so I enabled debugging mode:
> 
> 
> alchemy# hp-setup -g
> 
> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 0.9.11)
> Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 2.0
> 
> Copyright (c) 2003-6 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
> This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
> under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
> 
>  [DEBUG]: (xmit) Sending data on channel (5)
>  [DEBUG]: 'msg=probedevicesfiltered\nfilter=none\nbus=cups,par,usb\nformat=default\ntimeout=5\nttl=4\n'
>  [DEBUG]: (xmit) Reading data on channel (5)
>  [DEBUG]: 'msg=probedevicesfilteredresult\nresult-code=0\nnum-devices=0\nencoding=none\nlength=0\ndata:\n'
>  [DEBUG]: []
>  [ERROR]: No devices found.
>  [DEBUG]: Exception: 18 (No probed devices found)
>  [ERROR]: Error occured during interactive mode. Exiting.
> alchemy# 
> 
> 
> Now. This wasnt working so I started cups up and attempted to add the printer through there these are my options:
> 
> 	AppSocket/HP JetDirect 
> 	hp no_device_found 
> 	hpfax no_device_found 
> 	Internet Printing Protocol (http) 
> 	Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) 
> 	LPD/LPR Host or Printer 
> 	Parallel Port #1 (interrupt-driven) 
> 	Standard Serial Port #1 
> 	Standard Serial Port #2 
> 
> I selected 'Paralell port #1 (interrupt-driven), on the following screen I selected 'Make: HP' and following after that: 'HP Laserjet 1100A Foomatic/hpijs (recommended) (en)'. 
> 
> Device added sucessfully!
> 
> Ok so I went to print a test page, and as expected I have a sheet of paper telling me cups could send to the printer and all is fine and dandy. Great!
> 
> But I need to use the scanner also, and sane cannot seem to find it. As hp-setup cant find it either I assume somehting somewhere is very wrong.
> 
> I ran hp-setup after getting cups to work and used the CUPS printer name:
> 
> alchemy# hp-setup -g --printer=prn0-3
> 
> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 0.9.11)
> Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 2.0
> 
> Copyright (c) 2003-6 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
> This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
> under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
> 
>  [DEBUG]: (xmit) Sending data on channel (5)
>  [DEBUG]: 'msg=probedevicesfiltered\nfilter=none\nbus=cups,par,usb\nformat=default\ntimeout=5\nttl=4\n'
>  [DEBUG]: (xmit) Reading data on channel (5)
>  [DEBUG]: 'msg=probedevicesfilteredresult\nresult-code=0\nnum-devices=0\nencoding=none\nlength=0\ndata:\n'
>  [DEBUG]: []
>  [DEBUG]: [<cupsext.Printer object at 0x8287200>]
>  [ERROR]: No devices found.
>  [DEBUG]: Exception: 18 (No probed devices found)
>  [ERROR]: Error occured during interactive mode. Exiting.
> alchemy# 
> 
> I noticed cups told it the printer object, and it just said Exception 18. I really have no idea whats going on here can you please help.
> 
> -- Thank you for your time
> -- Paul Webster
> 
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