[expert] Printing borked in 8.2
I tried using the printer config menu from the control system menu. It detects my printer and everything, and then just hangs, never completing its operation by actually setting up the printer. I have a Lexmark Optra that I want to set up as a vanilla Postscript printer. So (Forgive me on this as Im more of a FreeBSD expert) I went and installed apsfilter. It put a spool file in /var/spool/lpd for lp, and then modified princap. But when I try to print using lpr I get an error message telling me there is no printer at name@localhost. Is there a config file somewhere that Im missing? I started up lpd. Thanks, Rob. -- - The Numeric Python EM Project www.pythonemproject.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Printing borked in 8.2
Rob wrote: I tried using the printer config menu from the control system menu. It detects my printer and everything, and then just hangs, never completing its operation by actually setting up the printer. I have a Lexmark Optra that I want to set up as a vanilla Postscript printer. So (Forgive me on this as Im more of a FreeBSD expert) I went and installed apsfilter. It put a spool file in /var/spool/lpd for lp, and then modified princap. But when I try to print using lpr I get an error message telling me there is no printer at name@localhost. Is there a config file somewhere that Im missing? I started up lpd. Thanks, Rob. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Sorry, fellow, there are three printing systems offered, LPRng, CUPS, and PDQ. lpd is OUT. Putting it in is likely to break things. It sounds more like there was a corrupted file during install than anything else. We have tested printing thoroughly with 8.2. Did you try # printerdrake as root? That should have resolved your problems. We also have drivers for most winprinters, but no proprietary drivers. Those come only with the commercial CDs. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: Re: [expert] Printing borked in 8.2
Sorry, fellow, there are three printing systems offered, LPRng, CUPS, and PDQ. lpd is OUT. Putting it in is likely to break things. It sounds more like there was a corrupted file during install than anything else. We have tested printing thoroughly with 8.2. Did you try # printerdrake as root? That should have resolved your problems. We also have drivers for most winprinters, but no proprietary drivers. Those come only with the commercial CDs. Civileme *Excuse me*, but I did not install lpd. I am using LPRng. And I was root while using printdrake. I will try reinstalling the relevant files, though. thanks, Rob. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Printing borked in 8.2/update
Update, LPRng will work fine with apsfilter if I start it manually. It just doesnt want to start on bootup. Once I start it, its AOK. Rob. civileme wrote: Rob wrote: I tried using the printer config menu from the control system menu. It detects my printer and everything, and then just hangs, never completing its operation by actually setting up the printer. I have a Lexmark Optra that I want to set up as a vanilla Postscript printer. So (Forgive me on this as Im more of a FreeBSD expert) I went and installed apsfilter. It put a spool file in /var/spool/lpd for lp, and then modified princap. But when I try to print using lpr I get an error message telling me there is no printer at name@localhost. Is there a config file somewhere that Im missing? I started up lpd. Thanks, Rob. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Sorry, fellow, there are three printing systems offered, LPRng, CUPS, and PDQ. lpd is OUT. Putting it in is likely to break things. It sounds more like there was a corrupted file during install than anything else. We have tested printing thoroughly with 8.2. Did you try # printerdrake as root? That should have resolved your problems. We also have drivers for most winprinters, but no proprietary drivers. Those come only with the commercial CDs. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- - The Numeric Python EM Project www.pythonemproject.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
