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Path: ...!news.nobody.at!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Proper Printer Driver Port Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 01:08:29 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Message-ID: <v2jgic$retb$1@dont-email.me> References: <v2ed52$37b$1@reader1.panix.com> <v2flnj$13v0$1@dont-email.me> <v2iqim$5qd$1@reader1.panix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 03:08:29 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0b2bd8a08864f70b8387838c27fbc163"; logging-data="900011"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18Optn6+RTXR1R2kWCholmK" User-Agent: Pan/0.145 (Duplicitous mercenary valetism; d7e168a git.gnome.org/pan2) Cancel-Lock: sha1:VJPXcw7PGUjmbfsYIBwmLn4Pr/Q= Bytes: 1873 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. -- steve