I like CUPS. It seems when I tried any of the other alternatives, set-up didn't always work, or I couldn't control the "look" of my non-PS printers through the print server as well. I think it's starnge that "every" time that I access the CUPS server through MCC, it asks for Disk 1 to load necessary files. Go figure! Still, it seems to work well for me. Glad it worked for you, too.
T :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] CUPS Help Well it did not go as smooth as I thought, but I finally got it. It first asked me to insert Disk 1 and then said "error downloading package". It was not searching the disk, it was connecting to an FTP site. So I went to Mandrake Update and found some Bugfixes for CUPS. Installed them and then the printer install worked. I was impressed the way in installed the printer after I worked out the above issue. Thanks for you help. > > Tom, > > > > CUPS, in my very limited opinion, the best for easy and control > > in setting up an LPD printer. > > > > 1) Go into Mandrake Control Center | Hardware | Printer to set up > > CUPS. It may ask for CD #1 to load necessary files. > > > > 2) Click on 'Expert Mode'. I could not set-up my print server in > > 'Normal Mode'. > > > > 3) Click on 'Add a printer' > > > > 4) Click on 'Printer on remote lpd server' > > > > 5) Fill out printer name and description. Location can be left blank. > > > > 6) In 'Remote host name', you can either put in the IP address of the > > NIC in your printer, or the host name you wish to give it. Keep in > > mind that if you give the printer a host name (like 'xerox' or > > 'printer'), you will need to add an entry in /etc/hosts with the name > > and IP address for name resolution over the network. In the second > > box, you would give the specific printer's name under the server. I > > think that you would leave this blank. > > > > 7) Pick your printer driver. > > > > The rest is easy enough. > > > > Does this sound like what you did? If is what you did before, let me > > know. I am sure we can figure it out. > > > > The key is that the device is supported. What are called > > 'all-in-wonder' printers are those that are multi-function units. I > > have an HP Laserjet 3100 that must have software support to drive it. > > I don't use it this way, but if I did want to use it as a printer in > > MDK 8.2 or 9.0, there's a specific software package that comes on the > > distro CDs for this model. I have no idea how the others are > > supported, or if they are. You got it to work once before. It should > > now. It wouldn't hurt to make sure that 'foomatic' is also loaded on > > your system, and when choosing the drivers for your printer, make sure > > to choose one that is a combination of 'CUPS' and 'foomatic'. > > > > Does this help you any? > > > > T > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tom <mailto:duffer@;usa.net> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:newbie@;linux-mandrake.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 2:40 PM > > Subject: [newbie] CUPS Help > > > > I have searched the web, read CUPS documents, and still cannnot find > > the answer. Or maybe I am over looking it somewhere. > > I have a XEROX document centre machine that I am trying to print to. > > In RH7.3 I set it up as a unix printer 204.xxx.xxx.xxx with que name > > lp and it worked just fine as an lpr printer. (NOT CUPS). > > > > Tried this in CUPS and it will not work on the Mandrake 9.0 machine. > > Am I just ingnorant or do I need to be doing something else in CUPS? > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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