"Lindsay" == Lindsay Yardley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Lindsay> G'day all, What is the standard printer configuration Lindsay> tool used by debian 3 r0. I'm trying to install a printer Lindsay> but the documentation is not helping me at all. If I Lindsay> could find the config tool name that'd be a start, Lindsay> perhaps then the Printing HowTo will make more sense. Lindsay> tia Lindsay As Bob points out, cupsys is what a lot of people are using. I switched to it about a year ago and it works fine for me. I have a HP Laserjet hooked up. My woody system has [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l 'cups*' | grep ^i ii cupsys 1.1.14-4.4 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server ii cupsys-bsd 1.1.14-4.4 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD comman ii cupsys-client 1.1.14-4.4 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client pro ii cupsys-driver- 4.2.0-4 gimp-print printer driver for CUPS ii cupsys-pstoras 1.1.14-4.4 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - pstoraster [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l '*hp*' | grep ^i ii hp-ppd 0.4-0 HP Postscript Printer Definition (PPD) files You configure the printes via http://localhost:631/ once it is all installed. Be sure to read the Debian specific notes in /usr/share/doc/cupsys/ if you choose to go along this path. It's been a while, but I don't remember the set up being particularly difficult. One key step for me which took a while to figure out was to install cupsys-bsd. Cheers! Shyamal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]