How to configure CUPS

[Robert]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Hi
> 
> 
>>The easiest way is to point your browser at localhost:631, log into
>>cups and follow your nose.
> 
> 
> ehmm. did you actually say the word "easy". this is by no means userfriendly
> 

Neither is a nice, simple tool that auto-comments this line:

application/octet-stream

in /etc/cups/mime.types so that I have to manually edit the file every 
time I make a configuration change or discover that Windows apps no 
longer print to cups via samba. (Whichever comes first. :-()