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Old 27th June 2012
RalphEllis RalphEllis is offline
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If cups can't find your printer, have you considered using lpd? Most printers are Postscript compatible and you can use the Apsfilter port or package to create a /etc/printcap file. The SETUP program runs you through all the steps. You would then need to put
lpd_enable="YES"
and comment out
cupsd_enable="YES"
in /etc/rc.conf
If it does not work, you just need to change your rc.conf back the way it was.

Another alternative, if your printer has an ethernet port, is to connect it to your router. Sometimes cups can find network printers more easily.
Good luck
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