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Subject: Proper Printer Driver Port
From: Louis Epstein
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Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 02:39 UTC

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From: le@main.lekno.ws (Louis Epstein)
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Subject: Proper Printer Driver Port
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It's my intention to switch my printing from an
HP Officejet 5610 to an Epson ET-4850.

What printer driver port needs to be installed?

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Subject: Re: Proper Printer Driver Port
From: Steven G. Kargl
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On Mon, 20 May 2024 02:39:30 +0000, Louis Epstein wrote:

> It's my intention to switch my printing from an
> HP Officejet 5610 to an Epson ET-4850.
>
> What printer driver port needs to be installed?
>

How are you connecting to the printer? USB, RJ45,
wireless, or parallel printer port?

--
steve

Subject: Re: Proper Printer Driver Port
From: The Doctor
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Subject: Re: Proper Printer Driver Port
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In article <v2flnj$13v0$1@dont-email.me>,
Steven G. Kargl <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
>On Mon, 20 May 2024 02:39:30 +0000, Louis Epstein wrote:
>
>> It's my intention to switch my printing from an
>> HP Officejet 5610 to an Epson ET-4850.
>>
>> What printer driver port needs to be installed?
>>
>
>How are you connecting to the printer? USB, RJ45,
>wireless, or parallel printer port?
>

Are you using CUPS?

>--
>steve
>

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Subject: Re: Proper Printer Driver Port
From: Louis Epstein
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Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 18:53 UTC
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From: le@main.lekno.ws (Louis Epstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Proper Printer Driver Port
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 18:53:10 -0000 (UTC)
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Steven G. Kargl <sgk@removetroutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, 20 May 2024 02:39:30 +0000, Louis Epstein wrote:
>
>> It's my intention to switch my printing from an
>> HP Officejet 5610 to an Epson ET-4850.
>>
>> What printer driver port needs to be installed?
>>
>
> How are you connecting to the printer? USB, RJ45,
> wireless, or parallel printer port?

The current printer uses USB.
Apparently the new one expects wireless or Ethernet
(going by what's on the box,I have not unpacked).

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From: le@main.lekno.ws (Louis Epstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Proper Printer Driver Port
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 18:55:03 -0000 (UTC)
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The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
> In article <v2flnj$13v0$1@dont-email.me>,
> Steven G. Kargl <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
>>On Mon, 20 May 2024 02:39:30 +0000, Louis Epstein wrote:
>>
>>> It's my intention to switch my printing from an
>>> HP Officejet 5610 to an Epson ET-4850.
>>>
>>> What printer driver port needs to be installed?
>>>
>>
>>How are you connecting to the printer? USB, RJ45,
>>wireless, or parallel printer port?
>>
>
> Are you using CUPS?

It's installed,I assume it's doing the job
when allowed (the old printerscannercopierfax
insists that it has no paper,which appears to
be a hardware problem with paper detection).
>>--
>>steve
>>
>

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Subject: Re: Proper Printer Driver Port
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On Tue, 21 May 2024 18:53:10 +0000, Louis Epstein wrote:

> Steven G. Kargl <sgk@removetroutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
>> On Mon, 20 May 2024 02:39:30 +0000, Louis Epstein wrote:
>>
>>> It's my intention to switch my printing from an
>>> HP Officejet 5610 to an Epson ET-4850.
>>>
>>> What printer driver port needs to be installed?
>>>
>>
>> How are you connecting to the printer? USB, RJ45,
>> wireless, or parallel printer port?
>
> The current printer uses USB.
> Apparently the new one expects wireless or Ethernet
> (going by what's on the box,I have not unpacked).

If you're doing wireless, give the printer a static IP
address (assuming you're on a home network). You can
then use either lpd or cups to print. See the handbook
on how to set up the queues.

--
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From: le@main.lekno.ws (Louis Epstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Proper Printer Driver Port
Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 01:47:17 -0000 (UTC)
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Steven G. Kargl <sgk@removetroutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, 21 May 2024 18:53:10 +0000, Louis Epstein wrote:
>
>> Steven G. Kargl <sgk@removetroutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 20 May 2024 02:39:30 +0000, Louis Epstein wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's my intention to switch my printing from an
>>>> HP Officejet 5610 to an Epson ET-4850.
>>>>
>>>> What printer driver port needs to be installed?
>>>>
>>>
>>> How are you connecting to the printer? USB, RJ45,
>>> wireless, or parallel printer port?
>>
>> The current printer uses USB.
>> Apparently the new one expects wireless or Ethernet
>> (going by what's on the box,I have not unpacked).
>
> If you're doing wireless, give the printer a static IP
> address (assuming you're on a home network). You can
> then use either lpd or cups to print. See the handbook
> on how to set up the queues.
>

Wasn't planning to do wireless (my IP address block is
linked to a different upstream circuit than the wireless
hotspot).I see that the box does say "Hi-Speed USB" in
one place though "Wireless Ethernet" are emphasized.

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Subject: Re: Proper Printer Driver Port
From: DaveG
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On Wed, 22 May 2024 01:47:17 +0000, Louis Epstein wrote:

> I see that the box does say "Hi-Speed USB" in
> one place though "Wireless Ethernet" are emphasized.

I'd have been quite surprised if it didn't have USB so you should
be fine connecting with that. The emphasis on "Wireless" is just
marketing because so many users, home users especially just call
any and all forms of wireless connection "WiFi" these days and
marketing push that "convenience" of not having "old fashioned"
wires :-)

If you are using CUPS, it should "just work" simply by adding the
printer (or the nearest make/model you can find) from the web
interface.

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Don't feed the trolls. You might catch something nasty.

Subject: Re: Proper Printer Driver Port
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In article <nz_3O.42941$4KKf.41662@fx13.ams1>,
DaveG <nospam@nospam.net> wrote:
>If you are using CUPS, it should "just work" simply by adding the
>printer (or the nearest make/model you can find) from the web
>interface.

If the printer is IPP compliant, the OP may be able:
# lpadmin -p myprinter -E -v ipp://myprinter.local/ipp/print -m everywhere

See lpadmin(8)
<URL:https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lpadmin&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+14.0-RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=default&format=html>
John
groenveld@acm.org

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From: le@main.lekno.ws (Louis Epstein)
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Subject: Re: Proper Printer Driver Port
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John D Groenveld <groenveld@acm.org> wrote:
> In article <nz_3O.42941$4KKf.41662@fx13.ams1>,
> DaveG <nospam@nospam.net> wrote:
>>If you are using CUPS, it should "just work" simply by adding the
>>printer (or the nearest make/model you can find) from the web
>>interface.
>
> If the printer is IPP compliant, the OP may be able:
> # lpadmin -p myprinter -E -v ipp://myprinter.local/ipp/print -m everywhere
>
> See lpadmin(8)
> <URL:https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lpadmin&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+14.0-RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=default&format=html>
> John
> groenveld@acm.org

In any event,an attempt to install the
print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2
port
failed because it couldn't find the directory
/usr/ports/devel/cmake-core/work/cmake-3.29.3

(I have a
/usr/ports/devel/cmake-core/work/cmake-3.28.3
directory instead).

Is this a simple matter of upgrading cmake-core?

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From: le@main.lekno.ws (Louis Epstein)
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Subject: Re: Proper Printer Driver Port
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Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> wrote:
> John D Groenveld <groenveld@acm.org> wrote:
>> In article <nz_3O.42941$4KKf.41662@fx13.ams1>,
>> DaveG <nospam@nospam.net> wrote:
>>>If you are using CUPS, it should "just work" simply by adding the
>>>printer (or the nearest make/model you can find) from the web
>>>interface.
>>
>> If the printer is IPP compliant, the OP may be able:
>> # lpadmin -p myprinter -E -v ipp://myprinter.local/ipp/print -m everywhere
>>
>> See lpadmin(8)
>> <URL:https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lpadmin&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+14.0-RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=default&format=html>
>> John
>> groenveld@acm.org
>
> In any event,an attempt to install the
> print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2
> port
> failed because it couldn't find the directory
> /usr/ports/devel/cmake-core/work/cmake-3.29.3
>
> (I have a
> /usr/ports/devel/cmake-core/work/cmake-3.28.3
> directory instead).
>
> Is this a simple matter of upgrading cmake-core?

I was able to do a pkg install of cmake-core
and a port make install of
print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2
(which has no pkg).

Have not tried printing yet.
> -=-=-
> The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
> at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.

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Subject	Author
Proper Printer Driver Port	Louis Epstein
Re: Proper Printer Driver Port	Steven G. Kargl
Re: Proper Printer Driver Port	The Doctor
Re: Proper Printer Driver Port	Louis Epstein
Re: Proper Printer Driver Port	Louis Epstein
Re: Proper Printer Driver Port	Steven G. Kargl
Re: Proper Printer Driver Port	Louis Epstein
Re: Proper Printer Driver Port	DaveG
Re: Proper Printer Driver Port	John D Groenveld
Re: Proper Printer Driver Port	Louis Epstein
Re: Proper Printer Driver Port	Louis Epstein