You should be able to use the CUPS interface:
http://localhost:631
I use this for my Canon LBP7200Cdn printer, but I haven't gone to Jessie
yet. It handled the setting up in the change from squeeze to wheezy.
Rob Hurle
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On 8 June 2015 at 12:43, Paul E Condon <pecon...@mesanetworks.net> wrote:
> My printer was working a few weeks ago at printing files in Emacs,
> but now I get an error message that the default printer has not
> been set. I don't recall having done any setting of the default
> when it was working. I had thought it happened automagically
> because of some special code in some package. But it seems not.
> I think I should use lpoptions to set the default, but I can't
> find any information about what a legitimate text string should
> look like. Where can I find some examples of what one actually
> types at the command prompt? And some discussion of how it works.
> My printer is an HP Laserwriter 5MP, which is a very old model
> that has centronix parallel and long distinct AppleTalk connector.
>
> The can't be much wrong except for configuration because I can
> print documents from a modern MacBook Pro laptop running Mac OS X.
> But that is more of a hope than a rational expection.
>
> Suggestions?
> Please help.
>
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