On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 00:14:38 -0500 Frank Bax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Printer port was already set to ECP+EPP. I tried all possible settings >anyway with same result. > >I plan to use a dlink 704P to share the printer, but that is not >auto-detected either. When I disable all three autodetection options, then >locally connected is the only option presented for manual setup, so I >thought I would try to configure printer locally, then change connection >type to remote. > >Frank > > >At 11:22 PM 1/10/04, Troy T. Hall wrote: >> >From the manual "If you want to use a parallel printer connected locally to >>your machine, make sure that the parallel port mode is set to ECP+EPP or at >>least to one of ECP or EPP and NOT to SPP, unless you have a really old >>printer. If the parallel port is not set this way you might still be able >>to print, but your printer will not be detected autmoatically and you will >>have to configure it by hand. ..." >>Also CUPS is generally used for remotely connected printers. >> >>Troy >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Frank Bax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 2201 N6REJ >>Subject: [newbie] 9.2 - Cannot setup printer >> >> >> > My MDK9.1 system did not have a printer configured. After upgrading to >> > 9.2, I tried to add a printer. When I first click on "PrinterDrake" in >> > MCC, I get a message saying CUPS is not automatically started during >> > bootup, would I like to enable automatic starting - I select YES. >> > My local printer (HP4) is not auto-detected, so I disable those >>checkboxes. >> > Printer is on parallel port 0. I'm then asked if it's a multi-function >> > printer - no. >> > Then I get "Please wait - Making printer port available for CUPS". >> > After a many seconds, a window opens asking to give the printer a name. >> > It doesn't matter if I change the name or just leave it as "Printer", when >> > I click "Next", I get "Failed to configure printer "Printer"". >> > >> > How can I setup my printer? >> > >> > Frank > > ok so are you saying that you are using a print server that isnt connected to your computer directly via Parallel? I just got mine setup after searching for clues on how to setup a remote printer correctly. -- jason pearl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ++++++++++++++++++ "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"-Tupac ++++++++++++++++++ Kurrupted Visionz Phx, AZ registered linux user #307811 MDK 9.2 Linux Machine# 193475, 227341 AMD64 Opteron 1.6 http://counter.li.org ASUS SK8N 23:25:10 up 2:07, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.07
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