On Wednesday 03 November 2004 18:40, Rich Rudnick wrote: >> (I have the following packages installed: magicfilter, cupsys, >> cupsys-bsd, cupsys-client, cupsys-driver-gimpprint, >> cupsys-driver-gimpprint-data, cupsys-pt.) >> > > For a long time now I've been using an HP940 on CUPS. Since the hpijs > and gimpprint drivers both have their pluses and minuses, I defined > two printers using localhost:631/admin, ijs and gimp, using the hpijs > and gimprint drivers respectively, both of which ultimately point > to /dev/lp0. Thus, I can use lpr -P to select the driver I want to > use with the HP940. This has worked very well, the only gotcha being > whichever virtual printer I choose first (ijs or gimp) will completely > empty it's spool before printing the second spool. (This can be worked > around by holding the jobs on the first spool, CUPS will automatically > start the second spool).
Thanks for that info. As I said in another post in this thread, modifying /etc/printcap alone didn't seem to have any effect---does my lpr command (from the packages I listed above) use it at all or not? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]