How to configure CUPS
Jay Moore
jaymo at mail.bokler.com
Sun Nov 28 03:31:07 UTC 2004
On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 09:43, VJ wrote:
> > No - I can connect to the web-based admin tool on port 631, but clicking
> > the "Add Printer" button doesn't get me to a list that includes any
> > device with the word "PDF" in it.
> >
> > Specifically, after clicking "Add Printer" the first "screen" I see
> > contains three "fill-in-the-blank" inputs. Clicking "Continue" from
> > there presents me with a drop-down select for "Device:". There is no PDF
> > device in this drop-down list.
> Have you installed cups-pdf? It is found at
> http://cip.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~vrbehr/cups-pdf/
>
> it is pretty simple to install (instructions are there on this page itself).
> It is as simple as following
> 1) Download 3 files
> 2) Compile the .c file and put the resulting executable in a particular
> directory.
> 3) Copy the someting something .ppd.gz file in a particular forlder
> 4) restart cups
>
> For details see the page whose link I have sent. Then proceed to connect to
> 631 thingy.
OK - thanks, I'll try that. Until then, I have another dumb question:
Why isn't there a package available that's compatible with FCx? This
would seem to be something _everybody_ would want.
Jay
More information about the fedora-list
mailing list