On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 11:47:17AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 09:39:02AM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote: > > > > Just as an aside, I installed CUPS and I can't print. It says there > > isn't anything connected to the port, however during install it went out > > and found the printer and reported back to me that it was the HP > > LaserJet 6L so at some point something found a printer connected to the > > port. > The only pronter I've been able to get to work with Debian is a networked > HP printer. CUPS seems to be able to find things on my LAN, given the IP nomber. > > My Epson 777 priter is all properly configures, but when I print to > it, nothing happens except that after a while CUPS thinks it has > been printed.
Cups works great when you have a postscript printer ... otherwise you are using some driver that cups calls via a special type of ppd file which could range from "works ok" to "kludgy hack". For non-postscript HP printers lprng with if-hp drivers work well. I've never had much luck getting modern ink jets working with cups (unless they are postscript, which a few are). Buy a postscript module for your printer, though, and your unix printing problems are over. -- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ ( t | i | m | @ | i | t | . | k | p | t | . | c | c ) \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ GPG key fingerprint = 1DEE CD9B 4808 F608 FBBF DC21 2807 D7D3 09CA 85BF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]