On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 04:44, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > hello all! > > my umpteen number of attempts to set my printer have been unsuccessful. > > here is the set-up: > > computer is running on woody 3.0 > > hp deskjet 710c printer is connected to it on lpt1 (i am using windows nomenclature) > > i tried reading linuxprinting.org - could not unsderstand much > > here is what confuses me: > > lpd, lpr-ppd, lprng, cups, /dev/lp0 - too too confusing. > > what i really want to do is this: > > set-up a printer (i miss windows 'add printer wizard') > > be able to print basic documents from my shell and X > > is it really so difficult? could someone post simple to understand list of >instructions? > > thanx in advance > > sandip p deshmukh > ------***-------- > > In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present.
Hi The easiest way to setup the printer is to use CUPS. You will need the cupsys-server, cupsys-client, foomatic-db, pnm2ppa packages and all of the necessary dependencies. Once you have them installed copy and rename the file /etc/ppa/pnm2ppa.conf.hp720 to /etc/pnm2ppa.conf Then in a web rrowser connect to http://localhost:631/ Once there setup the printer using "do admin tasks" -> "add printer" and then follow the screens, the printer will be in the lists and it should work once CUPS is setup. HTH Avtar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
