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By: Troy

Troy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:45:23 +0000

Ok so I found the solution to my own problem.

To find the values needed to setup devd.conf

Run devd in debug mode
devd -Dd

This will output all of the neccessary info when you power on the printer.

By: Troy

Troy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:51:12 +0000

I am having trouble with the installation of the firmware after connecting. I am connecting a HP P1505 on FreeBSD 8

cat /usr/local/share/foo2zjs/firmware/sihpP1505.dl > /dev/ulpt0

This will upload the firmware correctly but I am having trouble figuring out the correct values for this printer to set devd.conf up

Any help would be greatly appreciated

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:42:48 +0000

Thanks for sharing.
Only one thing to add: you have to build cups-base with USB support, otherwise CUPS will not detect your printer.
In /usr/ports/print/cups-base run ‘make config’ and check ‘LIBUSB’ option, then run ‘make install’ (or ‘make reinstall’).