Re: Driverless printing ipp

On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 4:13 PM Manfred Koch <md-koch@t-online.de> wrote:
> Hi community,
> I am a newbie and not experienced with FreeBSD.
> The cups ipp print didn't work. ipp-usb is installed. I can only
> print with the driver from HP. Every attempt with ipp failed. (I have
> made quite a few)
> In cupsd.conf the Listen address is "localhost:631" and "cups browsed"
> is disabled.
> I tried with loglevel info(but not figured out in error_log).
> Would you like to give me a hint, what I did wrong in the settings?
> Or something did changed in the last month?
> Please can someone help
> Manfred

You also need to setup your printer and provide PPD file that contains
all functions for that printer. PPD may be found in one of the default
bundles in system packages or a vendor driver. See Administration /
Add Printer. If its a network printer use "socket://<IP>", then select
model from the list or add you own PPD. At the end  Print Test Page to
make sure things work as expected (Printers / <choose from list> /
Maintenance / Print Test Page). If that does not work from a selected
printer choose Administration / Modify Printer and update
configuration until it works. You may also Administration / Set
Default Options like Dupex etc.

http://localhost:631/

For instance I use PPD for my Xerox Laser from Windows95 drivers and
it works on a networked printer with duplex, but some PPD have
references to system specific libraries and are not portable, in that
case you need to find similar printer. I also have color Canon Laser
networked printer with duplex and it works with a system packages PPD
file chosen from a list of similar model.

More information at:

https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/printing/
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/cups/

Have fun :-)

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