>
> Marcia....you might try removing CUPS completely and going
> back to lpd. I just did this, as an experiment, in reaction
> to your comtinuing CUPS problems. Here's how I did it:
>
> remove the following (since you installed a 1.8 version
> you'll have to allow for the version differences)
>
> rpm -e --nodeps cups-1.1.6-21mdk
> rpm -e --nodeps cups-common-1.1.6-21mdk
> rpm -e --nodeps cups-drivers-1.0-30mdk
> rpm -e --nodeps kups-1.1-6mdk
> rpm -e --nodeps qtcups-2.1-11mdk
>
> then delete these directories
>
> /var/spool/cups
> /var/log/cups
> /usr/share/cups
> /usr/lib/cups
> /etc/cups
>
> then put the following rpm files in an otherwise empty
> directory and install them all at once using:
>
> rpm -ivh *
>
> lpr-0.50-10mdk.i586.rpm
> rhs-printfilters-1.76-3mdk.i586.rpm
> printtool-3.43-2mdk.noarch.rpm (mdk 7.0)
> control-panel-3.11-17mdk (mdk 7.2)
> mpage-2.5.1-12mdk (7.2)
>
> if, like I did, you get a dependency error for printtool
> needing rhs-printfilters-with-ppa then add a nodeps to the
> command line like this:
>
> rpm -ivh --nodeps *
>
> If you decide to try this, good luck. lpd is working just
> fine on my mdk 8.0 system.
Dear All, Thank you for your advice on the cups printing however I just could
not get it to work so I deleted all of the cups and installed as Alan
suggested the lpd.
Alan, how do I get my printing to work now with the lpd? How do I choose,
add, and configure printers with it? Is printtools the gui for it? I really
do not know the first thing to do to get this started. Any help will be
appreciated. Thank you so much for your detailed instructions. It seemed to
all get installed. Sincerely, Marcia
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Marcia Waller
