On 23 Apr 2013, Paul Condon wrote: > I have a rather complicated CUPS printing setup, which works, > mostly, but not entirely: > > My printer is an old HP 5MP, laser printer, which I purchased before > HP invented the word "laserjet" because I was committed to Macintosh > back then and the HP 5MP offered both parallel port and Apple Talk > interfaces. > > [snip]
I'd suggest ditching CUPS and using lprng with magicfilter, especially as this is an old printer. Personally, I dislike CUPS and always use lprng plus magicfilter on all the (new) printers I've had (several different lasers). It's easy to configure and always works. AC > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] -- Anthony Campbell - [email protected] http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
