On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:13:12 -0700 (MST) "RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> thanks norbert i have installed cups now but am getting the error > > lpadmin: Unable to connect to server: Connection refused > > have messed around with the cupsd.conf to try and allow access but am getting > nowhere any ideas? also read through the cups trouble shooting section but > they are incomplete. Hey Ryan, 1) make sure cupsd is running : /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd start ( as root , or sudo) 2) configure your printers via http://localhost:631 . You may be asked to authenticate at a certain point (when you actually add the printer) - you need to enter root and your root's password 3) you should check that your lpr apps are the cups-aware ones (cups should replace the system ones with its own versions). I'm sure there's a way to tell lpr to show you the printers available, but I can't remember it now ( lpstat should help, but that's part of cups port, so it doesnt really apply) anyway, thjis is what I have installed: $ pkg_info | grep -i cups cups-1.2.2 The Common UNIX Printing System: Metaport to install comple cups-base-1.2.2 The Common UNIX Printing System cups-pdf-2.4.2 A virtual printer for CUPS to produce PDF files cups-pstoraster-8.15 Postscript interpreter for CUPS printing to non-PS printers cups-samba-5.0.r3 The Common UNIX Printing System: MS Windows client drivers gtklp-1.2.2 A gtk interface to cups libgnomecups-0.2.2_1,1 Support library for gnome cups admistration 4) in your program, select the right printer to print to and off you go. If you need to use lpr, simply use lpr -PYOURPRINTERNAME. For testing, I have created a PDF virtual printer in cupsd : date | lpr -PPDF_PRINTER should do. the resulting PDF will end up in /var/spool/cups-pdf/[YOUR_USERNAME] good luck, _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." Albert Einstein I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
