FC3 printers and Cups

[mylar]

On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 23:40, Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 09:45:30PM -0400, mylar wrote:
> > I recently installed a HP USB printer on a FC3 box. it works fine. I
> > originally tried to configure it using the system-config-printers gui
> > and had problems. So I configured it via the cups browser interface and
> > all is well. Additionally I wanted to share the printer across a network
> > so I hand edited the cupsd.conf file by hand adding the "BrowseAddress",
> > "Listen" address, and I removed a few printers that were no longer in
> > existence. Everything works fine except when the machine reboots. Some
> > application takes the liberty of auto-editing and changing the
> > cupsd.conf file back to what it was before I edited it. This causes my
> > printer shares to dissapear from the network.
> 
> I probably won't be able to help you because I had the opposite
> results on FC4.  I changed printers (parallel interface), reconfigured
> with the CUPS browser interface, and couldn't get it or another
> printer to work right.  I reconfigured with system-config-printers and
> all was sweetness and light.
> 

Also, the fact that the printer I have installed is a USB printer, I am
wondering if that may have anything to do with it...  However, I do have
a USB printer installed on a FC1 box and have no problems with it for
years.

mylar