Cups Problems

akonstam at trinity.edu akonstam at trinity.edu
Tue Jan 17 14:59:49 UTC 2006


On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 08:27:54PM -0500, fredex wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 03:18:10PM -0800, Michael A. Peters wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 14:34 -0800, Brian D. McGrew wrote:
> > > Maybe getting close but there is no printer listed in there to start.  I
> > > try and add a printer and the device list is empty...
> > 
> > Did you add the printer?
> > 
> > Desktop -> System Settings -> Printing
> > 
> > click "New"
> > Go through the wizard, and select the proper queue type.
> > 
> > I'm guessing (might be wrong) you want either "Network Unix" or
> > "Networked JetDirect" (the latter is what I use for my LaserJet 4 -
> > which uses a JetDirect card)
> 
> Just an added bit of info: for any modern HP printer with a JetDirect
> card, you can use "unix lpd" or whatever it's called on your system
> and use "raw" as the queue. It's alleged to be a better protocol
> than the old jetdirect protocol (someone has referred to that as
> a "cheesy non-protocol"). I use them this way all the time at work
> as well as for customers.
> 
> Fred
> 
I agree with the raw suggestion but starting with the first posting in
this thread let me comment that you should not use
system-config-printer to configure any printer under cups. Also you
should install the HPLIP containing newer drivers,
Then configure your printers using CUPS web interface
(localhost:631).
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Aaron Konstam
Computer Science
Trinity University
telephone: (210)-999-7484




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