On Wednesday 03 January 2001 13:38, you wrote:
> Just a short not before I head off to work to do for a living what I've
> been trying to get done here at home, which is trouble-shooting my system
> and trying to get my DAMN printer to work.
>
> I followed Till's instructions to the letter, installed all the packages
> and...well...I'm sorry but it's worse then before. Part of the time it
> doesn't even "see" that there's a printer connected to the port, and when I
> do manage to get a printer configured it doesn't hold it's connection. This
> IS a software issue. A very BAD software issue.
>
> Something else I've noticed about Cups. It's utilizing IPP protocols in
> order to communicate with the printer. I think this is part of the problem.
> The darn thing isn't recognized any other way, and unless I'm mistaken
> doesn't the printer need to be NETWORK enabled in order to use this
> protocol? My Canon most definately is not.
>
> Anton, while your suggestion hasn't worked "yet" I'm going to give it
> another try after I've calmed down and gotten yet another perspective in
> this miserable issue. Normally, because of the work I do, IT/MIS, it takes
> a little while of working at something to get this frustrated exausting all
> known and discovered options and believe me I've done that and more, I've
> reached a new level of frustration.
>
> It really just boils down to this. I do this stuff every day and you know
> what. I LOVE my linux box. I love everything about Linux. I love the way it
> just runs and runs without a complaint for wekks, months and yes...even
> years without a hiccup. But damnit I don't want to have to work this
> stinkin hard on setting up and "HOME" printer so my son can print a school
> report, or I can tell Nutscrape to print out a page for me so I have it as
> a reference later. I just simply don't want to have to work this hard.
> Getting geeked out over something new about the system is cool, but having
> to get geeked about something as mundane as setting up a printer is
> ...well, just not something I want to do.
>
> It's been my experience that printers are the most miserable of computer
> components known to man. They will, at time and for no discernable reason
> just stop working. And then as you're toiling away trying to figure them
> out, suddenly begin to work again. I don't like them at all, but they're a
> necessary evil that comes along with computers. My passion.
>
> To tell you the truth I would much rather be programming a complex
> accounting system in maingrame assembler then trying to get my Canon, my
> linux box, and Cups to play nice so I can NOT have this headache. Both
> figuratively and literally.
>
> Ok...I'm done ranting again. gotta go to work and get a rest now!
Mark,
What version of 7.2 are you using? You might profit by a clean install
making SURE printpro packages are excluded.
Civileme
