Re: Network Printing

donato wrote:
FreeBSD 7.0 Beta - IP address 192.168.0.200
HP C6180 Printer - IP address 192.168.0.90


This is where Openprinting.org[1] comes in handy.
If your printer is the HP Photosmart C6180[2], Openprinting.org tells you which parts you need to make it work.

FWIW, HPLIP[3] is in the FreeBSD ports tree[4] and works fine with my HP Photosmart 8250.

I shouldn't need a bunch of scripts to make it work. FreeBSD has been around long enough that printing should be a simple task.

Well, see, FreeBSD, (other *BSDs adn Linux for that matter) doesnt care what you think.
It is (and have always been) a case of "if it don't work - you get to find out how to make it work".

OTOH, both the BSDs and Linux have great communities that will help you out. Like this newsgroup for FreeBSD.
Most of the time, you can also find the answers by searching on Google (either web or groups).

HTH, Happy NewYear!

References:
1) http://www.openprinting.org/
2) http://www.openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-PhotoSmart_C6180
3) http://hplip.sourceforge.net/
4) http://www.freshports.org/print/hplip/
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Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway
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