I have an old HP LJ4MV printer with a Jetdirect card that I want to use on FreeBSD.
The working installation on Solaris requires a
Is there a way to install a driver for this printer on FreeBSD, and if so, how?
The working installation on Solaris requires a
bootp
server to get the printer to show its IP. HP supplied a script to support the installation, which I have. It appears that FreeBSD (10.2) does not have a bootp
. To summarize the handshaking as I understand it, the printer sends it's MAC address to the O/S, which responds to the printer, allowing the printer to send its IP to the O/S. The IP is not visible to the O/S until this handshaking is done.Is there a way to install a driver for this printer on FreeBSD, and if so, how?