----- Original Message -----
From: David Rysdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Richard Salts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: Configuring a printer to run in Netscape
> OK, I'll take this bullet.
>
> First, turn off HTML-ized email. It is very annoying, especially to
> those who don't have an HTML-ified mail reader.
I don't think I even have this item at all.
> Now, on to your problem. What does your question mean?
It means that Netscape is looking for a printer command and I don't know
what it is.
If your printer
> already works for other stuff all you have to do with Netscape is press
> the print button.
Nope, doesn't work that way. I press that and an error msg appears ,
'command not found'
If your printer doesn't otherwise work, let's leave
> Netscape out of it and get printing working on it's own.
Which it does.
>
> So, first question: Can you print from anything else (including the
> command line)? I can print posts from Kmail, if that means anything.
>
> If no, we'll need the following:
> Model of printer
It's an HP Deskjet 882C .
> Physical media type of connection (parallel port? Yes
network printer?) No
> Run the following command to see if you have the printing system
> installed:
> rpm -qa | grep lpr
> Now run the following to see if the print daemon is running:
> ps aux | grep lpd
>
Um, where do I run these commands, from the console shell?
If so, I'll have to try these out.
Whatever happens, I _do_ want Netscape to be able to print. There were some
installation directions for some software I had downloaded that I would like
to have printed out but I couldn't then and still can't now.
> > Richard Salts wrote:
> >
> > I don't remember if anyone replied to this question so I'm
> > resubmitting it again. How does one configure a printer to work with
> > RH 6 Netscape?
> >
> > Thanks for any pointers
> >
> > Richard
>
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