Hi, Dave. I've found it's better to run
printerdrake --expert than to run kups. Use this tool and your printer driver should show up (that is how it happened with me and my Lexmark Z82). On Wednesday 03 October 2001 01:25 am, David Guntner wrote: > Ok, I've installed 8.1. > > During setup, I tried to get my printer configured (a Lexamark 7200), but > for some reason, I couldn't get it to actually send the test page across > the network to my Win98 machine where the printer is connected. I opted to > leave a printer undefined at the time and to try setting it up once the > rest of the system was installed. > > Now for the fun: I ran kups and added a printer. It found my network > shared printer on the Windows 98 machine just fine, but when trying to > select an appropriate driver for it, I find that the "Lexmark" printer > group has a hideously small selection available to it. The install program > while I was installing the system listed the 7200, but it doesn't show up > under kups. > > Anyone have any ideas how to get this thing to build its FULL driver > database (that is used when the install program is running)? Or does > anyone know offhand what Lexmark driver that they provide is compatable > with the 7200? > > --Dave -- Mitch Thompson, San Antonio TX Key fingerprint = BBDA 3A2A 4483 BD0D 7CED B8A9 D183 C8F6 B0AF 66AE -- Steve Balmer, CEO of Microsoft®, recently referred to Linux as a cancer. Unsuprisingly, this is incorrect - Linux was released on August 25th, 1991, and is therefore a virgo.
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