peter colton wrote:
Dear friends:On Wednesday 13 July 2005 16:46, Clive Menzies wrote:On (13/07/05 13:19), michael wrote:On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 06:28 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote:michael wrote:On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 05:32 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote:Dear friends:I've spent the past hour searching in Google for articles that will explain to me how to install my printer in Debian 3.1. I'm literally 99% of the way there. First, I found out that Debian 3.1 does not include the CUPS server by default. So, I downloaded that via Synaptic. Then I downloaded hp-ppd (for my Okipage 14e, which uses HP Laserjet 4 emulation). Then, I found out that I need the gimp-print foomatic files, so I downloaded them as well as other gimp files dependent on them. I then went logged out and logged back in as root and configured the printer in Kprinter (KDE Control Center, Peripherals). Configuration was a total success, and at the end of it all I saw my Okipage printer listed at the top of the printers. So what's wrong? Well, when I tried to print a test page, it said: "print test successflly sent to the printer", but so far no actual printing. My guess is that I am just one step away from actually printing, but I am at a loss as to what is holding things up. Would appreciate your help in resolving this issue.look in /var/log/cups filesDear Michael and friends: Thanks so much for the tip. Here is the output of error_log.I couldn't see anything there that helped me. Can you confirm that your printer did flash some lights to show it was receiving data and that you did send the correct page size and didn't press any 'cancel' button on the printer? You should also check www.linuxprinting.org, particularly the fora/discussions for your specific printer.Did you follow: http://excess.org/docs/linux_windows_printing.html Every printer I've set up using it was pretty painless. You need the following packages. 'cupsys-bsd' is important and before changing anything make sure it's installed. cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client foomatic-bin samba smbclient Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for businesshello Michael , have look at the link below for the packages you need to install for cups. I did not use the install the Recommended packages and all work well. http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-install.en.html#s-cups bye for now. peter colton I am still struggling with making my printer work. I installed all of the cups files instructed to both by our list members and online at: http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-install.en.html#s-cups I then tried to configure my printer online. Once again, I am told that the print test was sent successfully to the printer but the printer has so far not printed anything. Please see screenshots: http://www.websher.net/temp/printer1.jpg http://www.websher.net/temp/printer2.jpg Thank you. Benjamin |
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