Adding printer in FC4 - radical suggestion

[Kam Leo]

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From: Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com>
Date: Aug 2, 2005 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: Adding printer in FC4 - radical suggestion
To: Frank Chen <frankxchen at yahoo.com>


On 8/2/05, Frank Chen <frankxchen at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > The OP's problem may be due to cups-config-deamon.
> > Disable that
> > service for all run levels, 3 thru 5,  and see if
> > that fixes your
> > printer configuration problem.
>
> My situation is a little different. We have an HP
> printer with a USB connection. It is the only printer
> on the PC with FC4. I expect to plug it in and be able
> to print, without having to mess with CUPS admin. The
> system-config-printers shows this printer queue. But
> /etc/cups/printers.conf file does NOT have any
> information regarding this printer. It seems to me
> that the cups-config-daemon has failed to do its job.
>

Read this, http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L301 , and see if your
situation is really different.