Why create the new version of cups a dir /etc/init.d ???
Eric MC
Jacques Le Marois wrote:
>
> If you have problems with your printer - don't hesitate to test the new
> print system - Cups which is much more powerful than the former one. If
> there is a fix to make please contact directly Till
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Short introduction to CUPS
> Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 19:14:34 +0200
> From: Till Kamppeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> INSTALLATION
> ------------
>
> Uninstall LPD:
>
> rpm -e rhs-printfilters lpr
>
> Install all CUPS-related packages:
>
> rpm -Uvh <package>
>
> Following packages have to be installed (best in this order):
>
> /cooker/RPMS/ghostscript-5.50-16mdk.i586.rpm
> /cooker/RPMS/ghostscript-module-SVGALIB-5.50-16mdk.i586.rpm
> /cooker/RPMS/ghostscript-module-X-5.50-16mdk.i586.rpm
> /cooker/RPMS/cups-1.1.2-4mdk.i586.rpm
> /cooker/RPMS/cups-drivers-0.3.6-4mdk.noarch.rpm
> /cooker/RPMS/xpp-0.4-2mdk.i586.rpm
>
> With Lexmark 1100, 1020, 1000 also
>
> /cooker/RPMS/lm1100-1.0-1mdk.i586.rpm
>
> With cheap HP inkjets also
>
> /cooker/RPMS/pnm2ppa-1.0-1mdk.i586.rpm
>
> Reboot or start the CUPS daemon manually:
>
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/cups start
>
> CONFIGURATION
> -------------
>
> for further information about CUPS usage and administration go to
>
> http://localhost:631/sam.html
>
> Enter the CUPS administration interface:
>
> netscape http://localhost:631/printers/ &
>
> and click on "Add printer".
>
> If you are asked to log in, log in as "root" on your machine.
>
> Choose a printer name (short but for easy association with the printer),
> location and discription can be left empty and click "Continue". Choose
> the type of the printer's connection and "Continue". If necessary, you
> are asked about additional information about the conection now. Enter it
> and press "Continue". On the screen appearing now choose the
> manufacturer of your printer and click "Continue". Now you will be asked
> for the model. Choose it or at least a similar one. After clicking
> "Continue" now your printer is configured.
>
> Click on "Printers" in the bar at the top. You are back on the printers
> list and your recently configured printer should be listed. If not,
> click the "Reload" button of your web browser.
>
> Now you see some administration command buttons for your printer. Click
> on "Configure Printer". On the screen appearing then set up the correct
> options which should be defaults of the printer. The paper size must be
> according to the paper usually loaded. The "Installed Options" must be
> the ones really installed at your printer. Wrong settings can prevent
> your printer from printing. If you do a change in one section, click the
> appropriate "Continue" button. Use the "Back" function of your browser
> to get back to do changes in the other sections.
>
> When you are done click on "Printers" at the top, go to the list entry
> of your printer and click on "Print Test Page" to see if all works fine.
>
> If something is wrong now, revise your connection or driver choice by
> the "Modify Printer" button and your defaults by the "Configure Printer"
> button.
>
> When you have returned the borrowed printer, click on "Delete Printer"
> to remove the entry of that printer.
>
> Repeat the steps shown above for all your printers.
>
> PRINTING
>
> On the command line enter
>
> lpr -P <printer name> <options> <file name>
>
> as you were used to do it with LPD (the former printing system). Further
> information you get on
>
> http://localhost:631/sum.html
>
> For more comfortable printing and easy choosing of a lot of options
> enter
>
> xpp <file name>
>
> You get a graphical interface for choosing the printer and the options
> for the chosen printer. The "Options" button leads to the options
> dialog, where the first two tabs show options you can use on all
> printers, the other tabs are printer-specific and different for every
> printer model. When you change options and tabs and other options get
> red, the options are conflicting and cannot be used at the same time.
> Change one of them. Click "Save options" so that the chosen options get
> your personal defaults (also for "lpr"). Click on "This printer as
> default" to make the current printer your default one (also valid for
> "lpr"). Further information in
>
> /usr/share/doc/xpp-0.4/README (section: Usage tips)
