Re: Fwd: [newbie] How to revive CUPS?
The HP LaserJet 1200 is a native PostScript printer. It understands also PCL and does 1200 dpi with the lj5gray driver (in Mandrake 8.1 also the pxlmono driver will work), but to make all features available use it as a PostScript printer. Go to http://hp.sourceforge.net/ and download only the PPD file for the printer: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/~checkout~/lpr/ppds/hp/HP_LaserJet_1200.ppd?rev=1.2content-type=text/plain DO NOT install the Enhanced Printing System offered there. Copy the PPD file to /usr/share/cups/model and restart the CUPS daemon with service cups restart. Now set up a queue for this printer, preferrably with kups. If you want true 1200 dpi, turn off FastRes1200 and select 1200 dpi as resolution. In kups right-click on the printer and choose Configure Printer to set the options. The LaserJet 1200 is still not in the database of www.linuxprinting.org, but you can consider it as working perfectly, as all printers with PostScript interpreter in their hardware. Till Michael Carr wrote: Dear Till, Thanks. I followed through your advice and everything's now working fine. For some reason, the only available setting for 600dpi output with the official HP DeskJet 930C driver caused black text to be reproduced in dark grey (there was no such problem using the 300dpi default setting) -- the solution for which was to use the respective GIMP driver. I was wondering whether you might be able to answer another query. I'm thinking of buying a HP LaserJet 1200, but in the current absence of official Hewlett Packard support was wondering if existing drivers -- the lj5gray and lj5mono are sometimes mentioned -- would be able to deliver full 1200dpi output. Best wishes, Michael Carr | Start kups and click on your printer with the right mouse button. In | the pop-up menu click on Enable Printer and the printer should work | again. You can also use the web interface (http://localhost:631) or the | command line: | | /usr/bin/enable printer name | | This operation has to be done as root. | | Till
Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] Printer setup on 8.0
The case that one cnot enter something with the keyboard is a known problem of the Mandrake Control Center. It happens to me, too, but only sometimes. If you close the Control Center or printerdrake and open it again, it should normally work. But as mentioned there are better alternatives for printerdrake: kups is the most sophisticated printer admin program, and there is also a web interface (http://localhost:631/). They both have more functionality than printerdrake. pup does not add CUPS queues, PUP is a program to adjust the default settings of laser printers and also gives some maintanance options for Lexmark inkjets. It is independent of CUPS or LPD. You start it logged in as root and it sends its commands directly to the printer port. Therefore it works only with local printers. Till Civileme wrote: -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] Printer setup on 8.0 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 21:40:07 -0700 From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tom wrote: Nope.. haven't gotten any replies yet... Don't think I got any CUPS errors, just not letting me type ANYTHING at all in those spaces.. - Original Message - From: Wendell Gragg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Printer setup on 8.0 have you gotten any replies on this? No one seems to know alot about network printing under CUPS. Frustrating. Let me know if you get any answers and I will do the same. Wendell Gragg From: Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Printer setup on 8.0 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 10:29:33 -0500 I've just installed LM8.0 and when I go to the printer setup, and choose network printer, and go to the next screen that wants the printer name, etc, it won't let me type anything in the blank spaces so I can tell it WHERE the printer is. Has anyone run into this problem? Thanks, Tom Tom/Wendellhave either of you tried the web based CUP setup/admin utility or pup (both are in the menu)? -- Alan ---
Re: [newbie] (Newbie) Printer for Linux
The Z52 works well with the drivers provided by Lexmark and also with the GIMP-Print driver of the new Mandrake 8.0. But note that the Lexmark drivers are non-free software so that we cannot recompile them for future distros and we can only provide them on our commercial CDs. So I recommend an Epson Stylus printer. Epson publishes the protocols of their printers and so their support is kept up to date in GIMP-Print. So Epsons are always well supported. Till marcia wrote: Dear All, I am thinking of purchasing a printer and I wonder if the Lexmark Z52 jetprinter works well with Linux. Has anyone used this one with Linux? Thanks for your help. Sincerely, Marcia
Re: [newbie] printing via samba
Can you send me the files /etc/smb.conf /etc/cups/cupsd.conf /etc/cups/printers.conf and the output of the following commands (enter them in a terminal window): rpm -qa | grep samba rpm -qa | grep cups lpstat -t ps auxwww | grep smb ps auxwww | grep cups Till dede wrote: I am using Mandrake 7.2 with samba 2.07. I have problem that my client (windows 95) cannot print via samba. The error comment on client is : There was an error writing to \\Buaya\printer for printer (Canon) BJC-210SP) The netwrok name cannot be found For disk share running well. On server I try to test print and work well too. I already follow the printer troubleshooting on windows but no result. And I already read printing.txt that came with samba distribution..and also can't help. My steps are : - /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart (in this step smb always failed, why ???) - testparm - testprns lp - smbclient -L localhost Here is my smb.conf -- # Samba config file created using SWAT # from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1) # Date: 2001/03/08 14:12:06 # Global parameters [global] workgroup = ITS netbios name = BUAYA domain logons = no server string = samba n (%L) interfaces = 1.1.1.20/8 security = user # password server = kancil encrypt passwords = Yes debug level = 0 syslog = 2 log file = /var/log/samba/samba.log.%m max log size = 50 os level = 34 local master = yes preferred master = yes domain master = yes wins support = yes auto services = made remote announce = 1.1.1.255/ITS hosts allow = 1.1.1. localhost [netlogon] comment = domain logon service path = /export/samba/logon public = no writeable = no browsable = no [printer] comment = canon kesayanganku... printable = yes printing = BSD I also use this command before but it doesn't work.. # print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P0 print command = echo "printed on 0" /tmp/printlog print command = cp /tmp/tmp.print lpq command = lpq -P0 lprm command = lprm -P0 %j printcap name = /etc/printcap printer = lp min print space = 2000 path = /var/spool/public printer = lp read only = yes guest ok = false valid users = made [data] comment = data drive path = /mnt writeable = Yes guest ok = Yes map system = Yes map hidden = Yes volume = simple data drive follow symlinks = No --- Is there some thing wrong with the smb.conf ??? Did I miss any step ?? Please help me... thanks Made From Bali
Re: [newbie] printer key
You do not need the proprietary Lexmark driver which does not fit well
in the CUPS printing system of Linux Mandrake 7.2.
Download and update your ghostscript and cups-drivers packages (at least
ghostscript: 5.50-56mdk, cups-driver: 1.0-14mdk) as described for an
older update on
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001214090405
then restart the CUPS daemon with
service cups restart
(or by clicking the two gears in the window of KUPS).
Now you can start KUPS ("kups " at the prompt) or "printerdrake" and
add a new printer. In the list of manufacturers and models choose the
Lexmark Z52. In "printerdrake" there is an entry with "CUPS+GIMP-print",
in CUPS you must search for "LEXMARK Z52". When you have chosen it, you
can choose resolutions up to 1200x1200 dpi and you get an excellent
image quality. The printer works with both parallel and USB with this
driver.
For more details about using CUPS in Linux Mandrake see also
http://mandrakeuser.org/hardware/index.html#4th
Happy printing,
Till
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
has any one tried using lexmark z52 w/7.2
looking for linux printer wondering how well it works
also has anyone got a favorite key board please don't say ms natural
won't but anything w/ms on it
how about happy hacker
Re: [newbie] Improving the GNU/Linux printing support
Enter printtool at the shell prompt and you get a graphical tool for all types of printer installation. Till Jp wrote: How do I configure a network printer once Mandrake 7.0 is installed? Last time I installed it during the OS install, but this time I forgot. I know all of my printer/print server info, I just don't know where I need to enter it. Jp
Re: [newbie] Any one knows a driver for the OKIPAGE 4w led personal printer
Ol, go to http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001214090405 and update as described there. Note that the versions of the packages are newer now and contain some additional bug fixes for the OKI support. At mais e Happy printing, Till Jose Egipto Dias wrote: Hi! I have a Okipage 4w led printer and i'm having dificulties finding a driver for the printer, can any ones knows were i can find the drivers? THX
Re: [newbie] problems printing through samba with cups and HP722c
Replace the line print command = lpr-cups -P 0 by print command = lpr-cups -P 0 -r -o raw Till Fireman71 wrote: Trying to set up a box running LM7.2 as a print server for a couple of win98 machines. Currently i have samba set up correctly as far as i can tell. All the machines can see each other and talk to each other fine. On the windows machines i can open up network neighborhood and see the linux box. Open up the linux box and i can see the shared files and read and write to them perfectly. Now the problem... I see two printers, one named "lp" and the other named "printers" but there is only one printer attached to the linux box. A HP DeskJet 722c. Under LM7.1 without CUPS i only saw one printer and just set up the windows machines to print to it and all was good in the world. Now i have tried to print to both of the printers that samba is showing and havent been able to get anything to come out of the printer but i am fairly certain that the print jobs are being sent to the linux box. Reasons i think this are that all the network lights blink like they did when a print job was being sent under 7.1 and tcpdump is showing that the linux box is receiving packets from the win98 box that is sending the job. So i am fairly certain that windows is sending out the print job and that the linux box is receiving it but nothing is getting printed. Any one have any ideas about what i need to do to solve this one? Thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS -- Here is my smb.conf file just in case it helps. I didnt configure it manually but used swat to generate it. # Samba config file created using SWAT # from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1) # Date: 2001/02/03 02:23:33 # Global parameters [global] workgroup = MYGROUP netbios name = HP1 server string = Samba Server %v interfaces = eth0 encrypt passwords = Yes update encrypted = Yes log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 printcap name = lpstat dns proxy = No printing = cups print command = /usr/bin/lp -d0 -oraw ; rm lpq command = /usr/bin/lpstat -o0 lprm command = /usr/bin/cancel 0-%j queuepause command = /usr/bin/disable 0 queueresume command = /usr/bin/enable 0 [homes] comment = Home Directories writeable = Yes browseable = No [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba create mask = 0700 guest ok = Yes printable = Yes print command = lpr-cups -P 0 # using cups own drivers (use generic PostScript on clients). lpq command = lpstat -o 0 lprm command = cancel 0-%j [lp] path = /var/spool/samba writeable = Yes create mask = 0700 guest ok = Yes printable = Yes print command = lpr-cups -P 0 # using cups own drivers (use generic PostScript on clients). lpq command = lpstat -o 0 lprm command = cancel 0-%j printer = lp oplocks = No share modes = No
Re: [newbie] Any one knows a driver for the OKIPAGE 4w led personal printer
Go to http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001214090405 This update contains the driver for your printer. Till Jose Egipto Dias wrote: Hi! I have a Okipage 4w led printer and i'm having dificulties finding a driver for the printer, can any ones knows were i can find the drivers? THX
Re: [newbie] Improving the GNU/Linux printing support
Try to start printerdrake or printtool on the command line. Till Jp wrote: How do I configure a network printer once Mandrake 7.0 is installed? Last time I installed it during the OS install, but this time I forgot. I know all of my printer/print server info, I just don't know where I need to enter it. Jp
Re: [newbie] CUPS
-michael- wrote: I went to the 1st URL then got as far as the "choose "File" and "Save as..." part before I got confused. Konqueror doesn't afford me the option of doing that. I saved it as a plain text file in /usr/share/cups/model then opened a term and "service cups restart" then installed as lp and was unable to find the 2500 in the menu. Can you try again using Netscape, I have explained how to do the stuff with Netscape. Mozilla will probably work the same way. And make sure that you give a name to the file which ends in ".ppd". Otherwise CUPS will not find the file. If it still does not work, send me the file which you have downloaded. BTW, the Stylus Photo 2000P driver doesn't work. This printer/scanner (i don't care about the scanner) is hooked up parallel not usb. Have you tried the PPD file? Most driver are independent on the type of connection. One can use the same driver for parallel, USB, or ethernet connection. There are only few exceptions. Till
[newbie] Improving the GNU/Linux printing support
Oi, now I have entered the execution data of all printer drivers listed on www.linuxprinting.org (except the Seiko label printer driver "slap" which does not support PostScript or graphics input), which means that when you update to the newest packages of GhostScript and CUPS-Drivers from the Cooker (backport for 7.2 comes later) all printers listed on www.linuxprinting.org will work as described there. But many printers (especially laser printers) do not simply print the document as generated by the printer driver, they accept also some extra commands (so-called PJL commands), sent before the job is sent, to access special printing modes as toner saving mode, smoothing of edges (REt), input tray selection, usage of finishers, ... This works for both PostSctipt and non-PostScript printers. Unfortunately, the database of www.linuxprinting.org does not contain many PJL commands, and I have found out how to read the available ones out of the printer. So I ask you to read out the PJL options of your printer and send them to me (to me, not onto the lists, to prevent them from being flooded). Read the attached file or surf to http://www.linuxtag.org/2001/deutsch/showitem.php3?item=194lang=en to see a call written by Kurt Pfeifle who is the author of many printing articles in the german "Linux Magazin". It contains all info which you need to do the check. Thank you in advance for your PJL option files. Till Title: Call for Support: Collection of valid PJL commands for all printers by "Linuxprinting.org" Call For Support: Collection Of Valid PJL Commands For All Printers By "Linuxprinting.org" Every user with a printer can help to achieve a better Linux print support. Wanna help out? PJL And The Linuxprinting Database You are asked to help fill the Linuxprinting.org Database with valid pieces of info concerning the PJL commands understood by your printer. Every user with a printer connected to a parallel or USB port can help to achieve a better Linux support for his printer (if not working perfectly already). The Database has been built and accumulated by Grant Taylor, the well-known author of the Linux Printing HOWTO for quite some time. It is a key for the achievement of one (or some?) hi class Free printing system(s) for Linux. For quite a few printers the data about working PJL commands are still very incomplete. The quicker and the more precise this gap is filled the more profound and rapid the Linux support for modern printers in a Linux environment (and, in fact, amongst other Free Unix-like operating systems as well as non-Free ones) will develop in the months ahead. The database is not just of a huge advantage for CUPS -- other printing and spooling systems will also benefit a lot, like BSD-LPD, LPRng or PDQ. On the backgrounds and workings of this database you might want to read a bit in my (so far German-only) "CUPS-FAQ". If there is comcern, I could do a translation of a more detailed explanation of this action also comprehensible for newbies. (Hello, you editors of printed magazines: isn't this a good story for you as well? The author's fee I'll donate to a free software project... ;-) This here is just a short shot. A Shell Script To Read The PJL Capabilities Off The Printer Keying in the PJL info for thousands of printers off the vendor's documentation is very tiring and error-prone. Is this docu available at all? Is it complete? Is it correct? -- There's a better way to find out, with your help: ask you printer directly, what it supports... Till Kamppeter, architect and maintainer of the new Mandrake 7.2 printing system which chose CUPS to be the premium install (Till is also author of the free GUI Tool for CUPS, XPP), has presented a small shell script to help you do the job. Every Linux (and maybe, BSD) supporter can use it to ask his printer(s) about their level of PJL support. The results will go into the database which is designed to become the repository of automatic driver and printer configuration files for the major spooling systems CUPS, LPD, LPRng and PDQ. Just copy the 6 line shell script beneath, save it with an easy to remember name of your joice and mak it executable: #!/bin/sh echo &quo
Re: [newbie] CUPS
Can you do the following: Go to http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=516274 This is a page about the Epson Stylus Scan 2500. Click on the "stcolor" link at the bottom and then choose the "Epson Stylus Scan 2500" in the menu at the button "Generate CUPS PPD". Click the button and you will see the PPD file as text in your browser. Wait until the download completes (animation of the icon in the upper right corner of the browser stops). Choose "File" and "Save as..." and save the file under "scan2500.ppd". Log in as "root" and copy the file into /usr/share/cups/model. Restart the CUPS daemon with "service cups restart" and then install your printer with KUPS, printerdrake, or the web interface. Choose the "Epson Stylus Scan 2500" as your printer model. Tell me if this works, then I could add this information to the database of www.linuxprinting.org. Try also the driver for the "Epson Stylus Photo 2000P". This should already be in the list, if not, download the PPD file from www.linuxprinting.org, too: http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=317609 Please tell me your results, thank you. Till -michael- wrote: I have an unsupported epson printer. I know that! But I would really like to see if, like the LM Hardware site says, it will "work in text mode". It is an Epson Stylus Scan 2000, and I have tried the main drivers from the updated cups list... any clues? -- -michael-
[newbie] Re: Printer Error
Have you already tried to update your packages (cups, cups-drivers, ghostscript) as described on http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001214090405 http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001221083250 I have done some changes on the BJC-4200-related stuff. Make also sure that you do not have ESP Print Pro installed. "rpm -qa|grep printpro" should have no output. Remove these packages before you update CUPS. How is your BJC 4200 connected? Parallel, USB, or on a remote Windows server? Try to connect the printer locally to the parallel port. Tell me whether it works correctly now. If it works on the parallel port but not on the USB, keep it on the parallel port. If it does not work as long as it is connected to a Windows server, update Samba as described on http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001123151352 Till Paul wrote: On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Till Kamppeter wrote: http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001129095531 Hi Till, Thank you for the information. I went, I saw and I installed the Textronix printer, but the end result is the same: the page is printed, and then the page with some garble etc. appears again: Error: /rangecheck in .installpagedevice Operand stack: 0nterp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- etc etc etc until it ends with "Dictionary stack" and some hex(?) info. I suspect it has something to do with the postscript driver in CUPS in combination with my printer, or am I wrong? (Since passthrough and Textronix both give exactly the same problem.)
Re: [newbie] Cups-printing-problems
The old packages do not need to exist for the update, but you should have a complete set of packages for being able to print: With CUPS until 1.1.4-8mdk cups With CUPS from 1.1.4-9mdk on cups cups-common libcups1 In all cases in addition ghostscript cups-drivers The graphical frontend packages are (they are not necessarily needed for being able to print). kups qtcups xpp and from qtcups 1.1-1mdk on also libqtcups1 From cups-1.1.5 on you need also openssl Make also sure that you do not have ESP Print Pro on your machine. To check this, enter rpm -qa | grep -i printpro If this command produces output, you have to remove the listed packages and to remove and install all the cups-related packages afterwards. In this case I recommend that you update to the newest versions of all packages (cups-1.1.5-2mdk, cups-drivers-1.0-2.1mdk, ghostscript-5.50-48mdk). Till Mark Weaver wrote: Ok...I have a dumb question. Do the old Cups packages have to exist on the system when the updates are loaded onto the system, or can they be absent when the updates are added to the system? Cause I added the updates perscribed by Till and I still can't print, and sometimes not even a test page to print. Cups admin isn't able to connect to the Cups server and see the printer and on and on adfinitum...pukin-my-guts-out-cause-i'm-tired-O-this!@ Seriously though, when I installed the update packages I had just finished uninstalling the old cups packages and what-nots. Should I have not done it that way? -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
Re: [newbie] Printer set-up
Make also sure that you do not have ESP Print Pto on your machine. Enter rpm -qa | grep -i printpro You should not get any output. If you get output, delete all the ESP Print Pro packages with rpm -e `rpm -qa | grep -i printpro` and the cups-related packages rpm -e cups cups-drivers Now reinstall the CUPS related packages rpm -Uvh cups*.i586.rpm cups-dr*.i586.rpm Restart the CUPS daemon service cups restart chkconfig --add cups and you should be able to print. Reinstall your printer queues if you have problems. Till William Wakefield wrote: On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 14:20:50 +0100, you wrote: - Enter the "lsmod" command and look whether there is a "printer" entry. If not, add a line "PRINTER=yes" to /etc/sysconfig/usb and enter the commands service usb restart chkconfig --add usb All the above applied and/or done already. No change. - Try to connect the printer to the parallel port. Will leave this option for a while. - Read http://www.mandrakeforum.com/mysearch.php3?author=till . Had a look. Unable to figure this out as yet. Will be back. http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/#4th Downloaded. Looks very good. The answer must surely be in this lot. Many thanks. Bill
[Fwd: [newbie] SMB 2.0.6 printing under Mandrake 7.2 w/ CUPS]
I)
You are really using Samba 2.0.6? Mandrake 7.2 comes with 2.0.7.
It seems like a good place to start with this before I go into all of my
config files is to explain this section. (I don't know how much I possibly
broke doing this.) I started using Samba 2.0.7 with mdk 7.2 on both my main
Linux box and my brother's main Linux box, but the problems I had where so
severe and made so little sense to me that I de-installed all of the Samba
packages and loaded the packages from mdk 7.1.
II) Here is a brief overview of how the machines where configured:
1. My brother's machine was set up to do file services to 2 Windows ME
clients and a Windows 98 client. (Then I had my Linux box over there using
NFS with his machine as the server for a short period.) He also has two NICs
in the machine and uses it to act as a filtering masq box through a cable
modem (Road Runner). His smb.conf file is configured similar to mine except
that he uses a different workgroup name and he specifies his internal
interface for use with SMB. (interfaces = 192.168.0.0/24 with his subnet
being 192.168.0).
2. My main Linux box has one NIC and at the time of installation I did not
have a printer to configure.
III) Here are the problems that I ran into:
1. On my brother's system I could connect with Windows ME and Samba on my
Linux box, but after making three connections, I could make no more. Also
the Windows 98 box could see the server, but could not access it.
2. On my system at my place (as opposed to my brother's) I could get Windows
ME to connect to my Linux box, but I could not get Windows 98 to connect to
my Linux box. (Different Linux boxes, slightly different config files, and a
different Windows 98 machine. Neither Windows 98 machines had problems
before related to Samba.)
IV) All of problems listed above went away when I went back a revision.
V) The smb.conf files should be attached. (I attached mine first.) Please
note that we do have smb.passwd files set up. I even destroyed and redid my
brother's when we started having problems even though I didn't think that it
would do anything and I proved myself right. (Logic being if Windows ME can
log in then Windows 98 should, but I can't think of anything better to do.)
VI) It seems to me that before I go much further into my printer
configuration that I should really resolve the Samba file services portion of
the problem. When I browsed through the FAQs that you pointed me to, the
CUPS updates looked somewhat interesting, but I did not see anything that
affected me in the Samba update.
VII) I posted a message after the one that you responded to, but here is the
recap anyway: I eventually got CUPS printing to work through Samba. What I
did was to not only switch to 'raw' mode, but also to get rid if the -P
option. ('print command = lpr-cups -o raw # using client side printer
drivers.' instead of 'print command = lpr-cups -P 0 -o raw # using client
side printer drivers.') During this entire period I had my printer named lp.
VIII) I am not really sure what constitutes as a 'Generic Postscript Driver'
For Windows 98/ME. I remember a few years back I used the generic postscript
driver under Linux to get RH 5.0 (brand new revision back then) to talk to an
HP 5000M Color over the school LAN :-)
# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too
# many!) most of which are not shown in this example
#
# Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash)
# is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #
# for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you
# may wish to enable
#
# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm"
# to check that you have not many any basic syntactic errors.
#
#=== Global Settings =
[global]
# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
workgroup = ncr
# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
server string = Jason's SMB server
# This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict
# connections to machines which are on your local network. The
# following example restricts access to two C class networks and
# the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see
# the smb.conf man page
hosts allow = 192.168. 127.
# Enabling internationalization:
# you can match a Windows code page with a UNIX character set.
# Windows: 437 (US), 737 (GREEK), 850 (Latin1 - Western European),
# 852 (Eastern Eu.), 861 (Icelandic), 932 (Cyrillic - Russian),
# 936 (Japanese - Shift-JIS), 936 (Simpl. Chinese), 949 (Korean Hangul),
# 950 (Trad. Chin.).
# UNIX: ISO8859-1 (Western European), ISO8859-2 (Eastern Eu.),
# ISO8859-5 (Russian Cyrillic), KOI8-R (Alt-Russ. Cyril.)
# This is an example for french users:
; client code page =
Re: [newbie] SMB 2.0.6 printing under Mandrake 7.2 w/ CUPS
Oi,
The config files of the Samba 2.0.7 of Mandrake 7.2 are preconfigured
for usage with CUPS, so if you want to use your old config files you
have to overtake the printer-related lines from the new version. In
addition, it is possible that the the 2.0.6 version of Mandrake 7.1 has
no CUPS support compiled in, because that version of Mandrake was still
using LPD as printing system. So even with a correct /etc/smb.conf it is
possible, that your Samba will not work correctly.
I am not an expert in Samba configuration. So I will forward you mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and he can probably help you in configuring
Samba 2.0.7.
Till
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I)
You are really using Samba 2.0.6? Mandrake 7.2 comes with 2.0.7.
It seems like a good place to start with this before I go into all of my
config files is to explain this section. (I don't know how much I possibly
broke doing this.) I started using Samba 2.0.7 with mdk 7.2 on both my main
Linux box and my brother's main Linux box, but the problems I had where so
severe and made so little sense to me that I de-installed all of the Samba
packages and loaded the packages from mdk 7.1.
II) Here is a brief overview of how the machines where configured:
1. My brother's machine was set up to do file services to 2 Windows ME
clients and a Windows 98 client. (Then I had my Linux box over there using
NFS with his machine as the server for a short period.) He also has two NICs
in the machine and uses it to act as a filtering masq box through a cable
modem (Road Runner). His smb.conf file is configured similar to mine except
that he uses a different workgroup name and he specifies his internal
interface for use with SMB. (interfaces = 192.168.0.0/24 with his subnet
being 192.168.0).
2. My main Linux box has one NIC and at the time of installation I did not
have a printer to configure.
III) Here are the problems that I ran into:
1. On my brother's system I could connect with Windows ME and Samba on my
Linux box, but after making three connections, I could make no more. Also
the Windows 98 box could see the server, but could not access it.
2. On my system at my place (as opposed to my brother's) I could get Windows
ME to connect to my Linux box, but I could not get Windows 98 to connect to
my Linux box. (Different Linux boxes, slightly different config files, and a
different Windows 98 machine. Neither Windows 98 machines had problems
before related to Samba.)
IV) All of problems listed above went away when I went back a revision.
V) The smb.conf files should be attached. (I attached mine first.) Please
note that we do have smb.passwd files set up. I even destroyed and redid my
brother's when we started having problems even though I didn't think that it
would do anything and I proved myself right. (Logic being if Windows ME can
log in then Windows 98 should, but I can't think of anything better to do.)
VI) It seems to me that before I go much further into my printer
configuration that I should really resolve the Samba file services portion of
the problem. When I browsed through the FAQs that you pointed me to, the
CUPS updates looked somewhat interesting, but I did not see anything that
affected me in the Samba update.
VII) I posted a message after the one that you responded to, but here is the
recap anyway: I eventually got CUPS printing to work through Samba. What I
did was to not only switch to 'raw' mode, but also to get rid if the -P
option. ('print command = lpr-cups -o raw # using client side printer
drivers.' instead of 'print command = lpr-cups -P 0 -o raw # using client
side printer drivers.') During this entire period I had my printer named lp.
VIII) I am not really sure what constitutes as a 'Generic Postscript Driver'
For Windows 98/ME. I remember a few years back I used the generic postscript
driver under Linux to get RH 5.0 (brand new revision back then) to talk to an
HP 5000M Color over the school LAN :-)
# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too
# many!) most of which are not shown in this example
#
# Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash)
# is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #
# for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you
# may wish to enable
#
# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm"
# to check that you have not many any basic syntactic errors.
#
#=== Global Settings =
[global]
# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
workgroup = ncr
# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
server string = Jason's SMB server
Re: [newbie] Print problem
"lpstat" is only there since Mandrake 7.2 where CUPS (Common Unix Printing system, www.cups.org) was introduced. Till mcoady wrote: Paul, When I run that command I get the message: Command unknown. Michael Coady You may want to run lpstat -a and see what printer is set up as the default printer. Paul
Re: [newbie] Cups-printing-problems
It seems that you have an old version of CUPS with a bug. See http://www.mandrakeforum.com/commentShow.php3?sid=20001116101952pid=75 and go to http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001214090405 You will find updates for all CUPS-related packages there. To fix your problem, you need the "cups" and "libcups1" packages. Till Thomas Walter wrote: I have Mandrake 7.2 installed. After installing my HP Deskjet 815C on lp1 with Printerdrake everything works fine, but after reboot I can't print or get a connection to the cupsdaemon via localhost:631. While trying to install the printer with Kups I get the message "no port detected on this computer". If I run printerdrake before I get all my ports (parallel and serial) back in Kups. What have I done wrong?
Re: [newbie] Printer set-up
- Enter the "lsmod" command and look whether there is a "printer" entry. If not, add a line "PRINTER=yes" to /etc/sysconfig/usb and enter the commands service usb restart chkconfig --add usb - Try to connect the printer to the parallel port. - Read http://www.mandrakeforum.com/mysearch.php3?author=till http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/#4th Till William Wakefield wrote: I am very new to Linux having installed Mandrake 7.2 about 3 weeks ago and two or three times since. A problem I am having and completely fail to understand is that my HP 930 C printer was auto detected and installed on a automagic recommended installation and printed a test page but just sits and stares at me when requested to print by using the print command in a word processor or text editor. No way can I induce it to print. The printer is connected to a USB port and works just fine in windoze. What am I missing and how might I get this thing to print. I like what I am seeing in Linux and if I can get the printer firing will probably only want to use windoze for banking. Have a Compaq Celeron 500, 64 meg Ram, 8 gig h/d. Thanks, Bill
Re: [newbie] SMB 2.0.6 printing under Mandrake 7.2 w/ CUPS
Have you already read http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hcups4.html#wincl You are really using Samba 2.0.6? Mandrake 7.2 comes with 2.0.7. Can you tell me how your printer is connected and which driver you have used? Which default options do you use? Especially there can be bugs in some of the printing qualities. If your printer is connected via USB, have you already tried the parallel port? Have you already updated to the latest program versions? See http://www.mandrakeforum.com/mysearch.php3?author=till Can you send me your /etc/cups/cupsd.conf /etc/cups/printers.conf /etc/cups/ppd/*.ppd /etc/smb.conf Till [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently hooked a HP 672C to my Linux box. When the printer is hooked directly to my Linux box it prints ok. When the printer is hooked directly into my Windows ME box, it prints good. When I hook the printer into my Linux box and then try to print over the network from my Windows ME box, all is not well. When I tried to print with the default print settings in the smb.conf file, I got a bunch of garbage which was expected (default is set to use a postscript filter, but I was using the HP supplied drivers). When I switched lines commented out in the smb.conf file so that 'raw' mode was selected and restarted Samba I could no longer get anything to print out from Windows ME, but I could still print locally. I tried to toggle back to the default mode in the smb.conf file and got garbage as expected. I then switched again to 'raw' mode and was back to nothing. I also looked for a 'Generic Postscript Driver' for Windows ME, but I never found such a beast. I thumbed through the CUPS doc and even though it gave better insight onto how to use CUPS, I failed to find anything wrong with how things where set up in the smb.conf file. (BTW I already have user level file services working between the boxes with the Linux box as the file server with the use of Samba.) Any advice would be appreciated.
Re: [newbie] Re: Printer Error
Go to http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001129095531 Till Paul wrote: (going there too, to see if WP is able to print on a Canon BJC4200 through kups)
Re: [newbie] Printer support in 7.2
With CUPS you can adjust all options of your printer driver and so get a higher quality than with the one which is used by LPD. In addition, there are the GIMP-Print drivers, which give a higher quality in general. See also http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/#4th Till Herman Christiani wrote: Hi All, I'm using 7.1, printer is a Canon BJC 3000, works fine in standard mode with BJC 600 driver, for high quality work I'm saving SO5.2 and The Gimp files to their windows counterparts and print from there. Question: in MD 7.2 is there better support for this printer? (Cups?) Not willing to change printer, very good quality and because of the separate ink-tanks cheap to run. :-)) TIA, Herman
Re: [newbie] Printer print
For PostScript files the font size is given by the file, but for simple text file, scripts, program sources, and so on you can adjust the size. Use the command xpp file name to print the file. Then you get a window where you can choose the printer. After choosing the desired printer click on "Options" and another dialog appears. Click on the "Text" tab. Now lower the numbers for "Characters per inch" and "Lines per inch". For C/C++ listings turn on "Enhanced C-code printing". If characters at the borders are cut off, adjust also the borders with the sliders. See also: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/#4th http://www.mandrakeforum.com/mysearch.php3?author=till Till s wrote: Anyone got any idea how to adjust the print size in Linux? I had to get a new printer that is compatible with Linux, and I should be happy that it works at all, however - it is printing so tiny that my tired old eyes can hardly see it. Not to mention how unprofessional it looks. The cups settings are limited and I just can't find a setting for it anywhere. Anyone have any ideas? -s
Re: [newbie] Epson 777 Printer
In don't know how well the 777 works, but it is supported by the newest version of GIMP-Print. Update as described on http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001214090405 and check http://www.linuxprinting.org/suggested.html before you buy a printer. Till Paul Hildmann wrote: Hello All, I'm looking to add a low priced printer to this computer. I'm thinking of the Epson 777. Has anyone had any luck with this one? Could someone suggest a low priced model that does work well? It seems easier to match the hardware first than jump thru hoops later :)
Re: [newbie] printing in StarOffice (again)
Please tell me which driver (CUPS + GIMP-print, Foomatic + stp, Foomatic + stcolor, ...) you use. Send me /etc/cups/cupsd.conf /etc/cups/printers.conf /etc/cups/ppd/*.ppd and tell me whether your printer is connected via USB or via the parallel port. Print also to a file from your application and display the file with "gv". Are there any PostScript error messages which "gv" puts out when going through all the pages with the "" button? Till Terry C wrote: Now that I'm home; here's the printer error message: Error /undefined in rce topped_;ush --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- fa lse 1 topped_push 1 3 0parray_pop 1 3 0parray_pop .runexec 2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 topped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval Dictionary stack: --dict:908/941 (G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:51/200(L)-- Current allocation mode is local Current file position is 1091317
Re: [newbie] How to make xcdroast executable for users?
Add the user to the "cdwriter" group. Till hellmut wrote: Hi! Does anyone of you have a clue how I can make xcdroast executable for users? chmod +x user /usr/bin/xcdroast didn't work. -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T | | | | www.fegefeuer-webzine.de | | | +-0OOO-+ | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | ooO Ooo
Re: [newbie] NEC Silentwriter SuperScript 660 in Mandrake
This printer is a real winprinter, it is for sure not supported by any Linux distro and it is not compatible to any other NEC printer. See http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=122016 If you need a 600 dpi BW laser which works perfectly under Mandrake 7.2 you should either buy a native PostScript model (Lexmark, Brother) or a well-supported PCL printer (as the HP LaserJet 1100). See http://www.linuxprinting.org/suggested.html For how to install a native PostScript printer see also http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hcups2.html#instpostscript I hope, this information helps. Till Johnny Kwan wrote: Does anyone know how to get this printer to work in Mandrake 7.2? I have tried other models by NEC which are supported by Mandrake but noth of them work. Thanks.
Re: [newbie] printing in StarOffice (again)
What printer do you have? When you print to a file by choosing "File" and then "Print" and marking the "Print to file" check box in the printing dialog of Star Office, can you display this file with "gv"? Can you print the file with "xpp"? Till Terry C wrote: I followed the instructions on mandrakeuser.org and ended up with the following problem: From a terminal I ran spadmin and changed the default print queue to qtcups from lpr in the generic printer driver. I then printed a test page. A page printed correctly, then it continued to print and printed mulit-colored random characters. It continued to do this until I turned the printer off. After turning the printer back on I tried to print again and nothing would print. I tried xpp in addition to qtcups. Nothing. A printer window will come up and it looks like it should print, but nothing comes out of the printer. I tried to go back to lpr, still nothing prints. I finally convinced my wife to work with StarOffice instead of Microsoft Office, and now this happens. :( Lets just say that she's not very happy with me right now. Thanks for any help you can provide.
Re: [newbie] Help - USB Printer - Urgent
I have found out that some printers work excellently on the parallel port and do not work at all on the USB. Because it worked on the parallel port under Mandrake 7.1 it will also work on the parallel port under 7.2. All drivers of 7.1 are also available under 7.2. Note that they are presented in another form now, because Mandrake 7.2 uses the new printing system CUPS. There are also many new drivers, especially GIMP-Print, which gives very high quality, especially on Epson Stylus printers. Try the following to get the USB working: 1. keep the printer turned on. 2. Edit /etc/sysconfig/usb adding a line: "PRINTER=yes". Restart the affected daemons: service usb restart service cups restart and see whether one can istall your printer now. If not, use the parallel port and send me the output of the "lsmod" command. Till Ashley Moore wrote: I've connected my Epson Stylus 740 using USB to my LM7.2 m/c How do I go about accessing it. (what device do I use?) I used the same printer sucessfully thru lpd (parallel port) on LM 7.1 After upgrading I want to give the USB support a shot. I'm totally blank on the subject. Any pointers on where to start would be appreciated.
Re: [newbie] MDK72/CUPS-Paralel port problem
Check your /etc/modules.conf file. It should contain alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc pre-install plip modprobe parport_pc ; echo 7 /proc/parport/0/irq Add the lines if they are missing and give the command depmod -a Now the modules for the parallel port are loaded automatically as soon as one tries to access the parallel port. KDE 2 seems to have a problem in the system info program, the IRQ for the parallel port is not listed even when I am printing. In general modprobe parport_pc loads the modules for the parallel port. Till Jancs wrote: i installed CUPS service ans survey showed that i do not have parallel port initialized - i cant add printers etc. The strange fact is that during the install of MDK72 it is possible to print the test page, but, alas, it is the first and the last time when the printing is possible... - KDE2 device info says, that IRQ7 is not used... (in BIOS LPT1 is set to IRQ7, ECP/EPP, std port nuber (378H (?)). - etc/modules is empty - modprobe parport_probe says that module not found... (but the file .o exists!)
Re: [newbie] Printing problem
Do the following: Do not reinstall Linux Mandrake 7.2. Try to print directly to the laser printer by entering (you can use any short text file): cat ~/.bashrc /dev/lp0 If this works (at least some of the text visible), there is a problem with the printer spooler (CUPS or LPD), otherwise there is a problem with the kernel and its modules or with the hardware. To solve the printing spooler problem, try a clean reinstallation: clean up your system by entering urpme cups lpr saying yes to the deletion of all dependent packages and entering rpm -rf /etc/cups /var/log/cups /var/spool/cups /var/spool/lpd Download and install the updated CUPS packages from http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~tkamppeter/packages/ To download and install the packages simply copy and paste this into a terminal window: mkdir update cd update wget http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~tkamppeter/packages/cups-1.1.4-7mdk.i586.rpm wget http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~tkamppeter/packages/cups-drivers-0.3.6-39mdk.i586.rpm wget http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~tkamppeter/packages/ghostscript-5.50-44mdk.src.rpm wget http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~tkamppeter/packages/ghostscript-module-SVGALIB-5.50-44mdk.i586.rpm wget http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~tkamppeter/packages/ghostscript-module-X-5.50-44mdk.i586.rpm wget http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~tkamppeter/packages/ghostscript-utils-5.50-44mdk.i586.rpm wget http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~tkamppeter/packages/samba-2.0.7-19mdk.i586.rpm wget http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~tkamppeter/packages/samba-client-2.0.7-19mdk.i586.rpm wget http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~tkamppeter/packages/samba-common-2.0.7-19mdk.i586.rpm wget http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~tkamppeter/packages/drakgw wget http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~tkamppeter/packages/cups-print.txt rpm -Uvh *.rpm cp drakgw /usr/sbin chmod a+rx /usr/sbin/drakgw Reinstall the CUPS frontends: urpmi xpp qtcups kups Now install your laser printer as described in cups-print.txt or as in http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/#4th Try the installation of the printers with "printerdrake" at first. Tell me exactly, step by step, what you have done, which program you have used, which driver you have chosen, and so on. Does "kups" show the printer ports? Do "printerdrake", "kups", and the web interface (http://localhost:631/) autodetect the printers? Do you get error messages? Can you print the test page, can you print from applications as described. If you still cannot print can you send me the files /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, /etc/cups/printers.conf, /etc/cups/ppd/*.ppd, /var/log/cups/error_log, and the output of the "lsmod" command. Check also whether the CUPS daemon (the program which runs in the background waiting for printing jobs and processing them) is running? Do ps auxwww|grep cups If there is a line containing "cupsd" in the output, the daemon is running. If not, enter service cups start to start the CUPS daemon for the current session and chkconfig --add cups to make the CUPS daemon automatically being started at every boot. Now try the ink jet. Do the same as with the laser. If this printer is not autodetected, enter modprobe printer service cups restart and try again. Note that CUPS needs something like 30 seconds to come up. When you haveboth printers working, reboot and check whether they still work. If the USB printer does not work any more but the laser printer still works, edit the /etc/sysconfig/usb file adding the line PRINTER=yes and do service USB restart service CUPS restart and try to print on the USB printer again. Till Lionel Chan wrote: No problem printing under Windows or Redhat. Webmin and kups does not help either. Tks On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, you wrote: Is your printer correctly connected and turned on, is there any ink in the cartridge? Can you print under Windows? Till Lionel Chan wrote: Hi, Here's my configuration: - LPT0 - HP 6L laser printer USB0 - HP deskjet 870Cxi I've installed 7.2 5 times. Other than the very 1st time I couldn't get my printers to print. No matter what I try nothing gets printed. I've tried CUPS and lpr to no avail. Any tips/help is greatly appreciated. Tks -- CHAN Kin Poon -- CHAN Kin Poon
Re: [newbie] Printing problems with Kmail and Konqueror
Scott and Janet Miller wrote: Printing to a file and viewing the output with gv displays the problems exactly as it's printed. When gv displays a file exactly as it appears on the printer, CUPS, GhostScript, and the printer driver work perfectly. The problem is in the PostScript file which the application generated when you have used the printing command of it. If you cannot adjust the output format within your KDE application, this is a bug of the application. Also the not remembering of paper sizes and default printers is a bug of KDE. Please report all this on http://qa.mandrakesoft.org/ Till
Re: [newbie] cups problem
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whenever I start MD7.2 (I switch off my pc when not in use) I have to go into Drakconf and setup my printer - all of the settings are still there, I just have to go through the motions of clicking on boxes until I get to "done". If I forget to do this and try to print, whatever I'm trying to print from hangs, document/konqueror/e mail etc. Any ideas please ? Can you please send me the following files: /etc/cups/cupsd.conf /etc/cups/printers.conf /etc/cups/ppd/*.ppd Thank you, Till
Re: [newbie] Printtool errors
I assume you are using Mandrake 7.0 or 7.1. Have you started the LPD daemon: chkconfig --add lpd /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd start Are the kernel modules for USB printing loaded (they probably are because the autodetection works, but check with "lsmod"): modprobe usbcore modprobe usb-uhci modprobe printer Till Jay wrote: When I started printtool to configure my HP printer, it autodetected my usb printer. But, when I wanted to print a test page this error message came up: Error printing test to queue usb reason:lpr:connect:connection refused jobs queued but can't start daemon.
Re: [newbie] Printing problem
Is your printer correctly connected and turned on, is there any ink in the cartridge? Can you print under Windows? Till Lionel Chan wrote: Hi, Here's my configuration: - LPT0 - HP 6L laser printer USB0 - HP deskjet 870Cxi I've installed 7.2 5 times. Other than the very 1st time I couldn't get my printers to print. No matter what I try nothing gets printed. I've tried CUPS and lpr to no avail. Any tips/help is greatly appreciated. Tks -- CHAN Kin Poon
Re: [newbie] Some 7.2 issues with sound, printing and netscape
Philip Ferguson wrote: First of all, my netscape button bar is in black and white, but all other colours are working out fine. Set up 16 or 32 bits per pixel with XFDrake, the problem appears only with 24 bits per pixel. Finally, I have a Cannon Bubblejet 100 (yup ... the really old one) plugged into LPT1 (which is lp0 I guess, in Linux). After setting it up, it asks me if I want to do a test page. I say yes and then it tells me that lp is not ready. Needless to say, nothing comes out. Try the following possibilities: 1. How did you install the printer? During installation, with DrakConf/printerdrake, kups, the web interface, or lpadmin? Did the program which you have used autodetect the printer? Which driver did you choose. If your printer is not listed under the supported models, try at first the Canon BJ 200, try also the BJ 10e. 2. When you start kups and choose "Printer" - "Add" and in the wizard "local printer". Is your parallel port detected? Update cups to 1.1.4-7mdk from http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~tkamppeter/packages/ and check again. If you have compiled the kernel by yourself, make sure that it supports the parallel port. The device file of the parallel port is /dev/lp0. Try also to print by sending data (text file) directly to /dev/lp0: cat .bashrc /dev/lp0 do you get any printout? Do the LEDs of your printer blink? Do you get any error message? Till
Re: [newbie] Two Questions for thought
The printer uses the same driver as the DeskJet 550C, start "printtool" and search for the entry "HP DeskJet 550C/560C/6xxC series". After selecting that you will have the possibility to set the paper size and the printing quality. Choose 24 (Floyd Steinberg color) or 32 (Sometimes better than 24) bits per pixel to gain highest quality. For the sound card try "sndconfig", it succeeds to configure some sound cards where "sounddrake" has problems. Till Jay wrote: Till Kamppeter wrote: What version of Linux Mandrake are you using? Till Jay wrote: The second one: I bought a HP 648C Deskjet printer and I can't get that mofo working as well! I already tried the DrakeConf Printer setup to no avail. What are my options to set up my printer. It is a hassle to type out papers and have to get up early and go to class to print them out. Not to mention the problems that I have transferring the StarOffice format to .doc on occasions, i.e. text formatting, widows and orphans, etc.. I would greatly appreciate any help you can give me. I already know about sndconfig and printtool, but didn't use them yet. Are they more effective than other ways, or are other ways better? I am using Mandrake 7.1. -- Jay "May the sound of happy music, And the lilt of Irish laughter, fill your heart with gladness, that stays forever after." http://www.mrsnooky.com
Re: [newbie] Two Questions for thought
What version of Linux Mandrake are you using? Till Jay wrote: The second one: I bought a HP 648C Deskjet printer and I can't get that mofo working as well! I already tried the DrakeConf Printer setup to no avail. What are my options to set up my printer. It is a hassle to type out papers and have to get up early and go to class to print them out. Not to mention the problems that I have transferring the StarOffice format to .doc on occasions, i.e. text formatting, widows and orphans, etc.. I would greatly appreciate any help you can give me. I already know about sndconfig and printtool, but didn't use them yet. Are they more effective than other ways, or are other ways better?
Re: [newbie] Printcap
Connect the printer to the 7.2 box and install it with printerdrake or kups as a local printer (see http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hcups2.html). Check whether you have set the options (paper size, resolution, ...) correctly so that you can print from the 7.2 machine. To make the printers accessible from a client which only runs LPD (your 5.3 machine), set up the CUPS-LPD mini daemon which emulates LPD on your server (see http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hcups4.html#lpdcl). On the client (5.3 machine) you do now the same as you did if the server was a LPD machine. The printer names of the emulated LPD are exactly the same as of CUPS. So if you have given the same name to your printer on the 7.2 system as it had before you installed 7.2, you do not need to change anything in the /etc/printcap of your 5.3 client. Till Gary de Montigny wrote: I am running two boxes with Linux Mandrake. One with Mandrake 7.2 and and old system with with 5.3. I would like to make the 7.2 system my default printer. What changes do I have to make to the printcap file on the 5.3 system. Will the cups system have any effect on my setup? Thanks.
Re: [newbie] Stupid printer question
Vic wrote: yeah, and it just flashed this box and did nothing after that. I noticed that on linuxprinting.org I had to get a couple of files off of that site for the old HP Deskjet. I think it works now, I just have to lpd -Pqueue instead of just lpd. "lpd"? I have always used "lpr -Pqueue" I do not have the ink cart yet, so I just have to judge by the way the carriage is acting that it is printing correctly, at least it is trying. Very economic and ecological printing, when the paper is over one simply puts it back and continues, without touching any tree in the rain forest any more. I will let you know when I actually get the ink cart in if it is actually printing the correct characters. Let's see what happens. So I cannot install KUPS or cups, can't upgrade just yet, I have some more issues to deal with. Perhaps you can install cups, surf to http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/#4th and especially http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hcups11.html#update This probably works also on Mandrake 7.0. Till
Re: [newbie] Stupid printer question
Did you set up your printer with printerdrake or printtool? Till Vic wrote: Well ladies and germs, I snooped in the newbie and the expert archives and I saw some things about lpd but, not enough to inform me of what I need to do. I have an od HP Deskjet, just Deskjet nothing else after no number or anything. It is obviously a black and white printer but, I still wonder how to get the lpd running, I can dump text into the /dev/lp0 port and I'm running Mandrake 7.0-2 So I cannot install KUPS or cups, can't upgrade just yet, I have some more issues to deal with. I think I am seriously missing something about the lpd daemon as it will not do anything, netscape print function just errors as: lpr lp lp printer unknown, is it possible to also use fonts with this printer? Thanks Vic
[newbie] Re: [expert] Printer Complications
Can you check the permissions and ownerships of /var/spool/cups/ and /var/spool/cups/tmp? They must be: # ll -d /var/spool/cups/ drwx--3 lp sys54 Nov 21 11:25 /var/spool/cups// # ll -d /var/spool/cups/tmp drwx-T2 lp sys35 Nov 17 12:15 /var/spool/cups/tmp/ # Can you also send me your /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file? Till SoloCDM wrote: I have printer complications. A user was able to send data to the printer queue, nothing prints, and lpq prints out the following status: lp is ready and printing [user]: active [job 003[FQDN]] (standard input) 38018 bytes Root is able to print; therefore, are my permissions disabled or is there something else wrong?
Re: [newbie] printing
Barry Premeaux wrote: I have the Epson Stylus Color 850. I took care of the light print quality by going to the 'Printer' icon on the desktop. Click on 'Properties' and 'Advanced'. You will find a folder called 'Extra' and a highlighted text after 'Quality'. When you click on the highlighted text, it will open up the options. Mine was originally 180x180. I went to 720x720. This feature is probably available somewhere else in KDE, but I haven't found it as yet. The standard KDE printing dialog is unfortunately made for LPD and it does not offer any possibility for setting the resolution, because in LPD there is no possibility to send options for individual printouts. So the only possibility to set options for an individual printout is to start xpp or qtcups, change the options and save them. Then the KDE app would use them. Till
Re: [newbie] printing
Did you use the calibrate-gimpprint program? Did you try the different "Output Modes"? With which program did you print? Till Marcia wrote: Dear All, I finally got my Epson Stylus Color printer calibrated through the Cups webadmin. The Kups and printerdrake in my 7.2 distro did not do the trick. Everything was OK with the printing except still a little too light. Is there a way to make it darker? Then, all of a sudden every couple of pages that I print out will print out on a grey background instead of white. Does anyone know how to correct this? Thank you. Marcia
Re: [newbie] printing
With "Different output modes" I mean the printing option "Output mode".
One can choose between "Photo", "Solid tones", "Line art", and "black
and white". Look at the place where you have adjusted the resolution of
the printer ("Configure printer" in web interface or after right-click
on printer in kups, "Options" in xpp, "Properties" in qtcups).
Till
Marcia wrote:
Till, Yes, I did use the calibrate-gimpgrint program however I do not
remember exactly what I did there.
Different output modes? I am not sure what you mean there. Do you mean
within the program I am using or through calibration? I was getting this
grey background when I would print out an email or when I use Kword. I
do not get it all of the time. It is every now and then. Do you have any
ideas of what I can do? Thank you. Marcia
Re: [newbie] Printing with STAR OFFICE
Unfortunately Netscape has a bug in handling of .gz files. To read the text version do mv cups-print.txt cups-print.txt.gz gunzip cups-print.txt No it should be possible to read the file with every text editor/viewer and to print it with xpp, qtcups, lpr. You can even make your printout more compact by using the appropriate options. Till Ed Santiago wrote: I am using the generic driver and have not been able to read the txt version because it is all a bunch of gobbly goop when I try to bring it up in KWord or AbiWord etc etc. I also have the connect settings set to qtcups and xpp both of which respond but still do not print out the printer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Till Kamppeter Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 5:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Ed Santiago Subject: Re: [newbie] Printing with STAR OFFICE Did you read also the text version of the Mandrakeuser.org document? The web pages are still not complete and only treat the installation/configuration of CUPS. An important point is, that you do not use the printer drivers of Star Office. Use the "Generic printer". This makes Star Office outputting PostScript and CUPS translates it to the printer-specific protocol. Set up the options for your print job in qtcups or xpp, but check whether Star Office uses the correct paper format. Till Ed Santiago wrote: The printer works great in those, however in StarOffice it doesnt print. I have changed the "connect" to qtcups and to xpp, when I try to print the qtcups interface comes up but it doesnt print. It says print job:x, (x being a number depending on how many times I try) and yet nothing happens. I have been reading through alot of past mail and the Mandrake user stuff but cant find anything that applies to this. I am not on a network and the printer is hooked up to lp0 parrell port on my computer.
Re: [newbie] printing
John Kintree wrote: Thanks to Till, Barry, Marcia, and other friends, Running the web administration tool for CUPS finally solved my problems. I have an Epson Stylus Color 400, and was getting the faint, poorly calibrated output, also. For some reason, changing the settings within kups did not work for me; the settings kept returning to the default of 180x180. The changes I made with the web adminstration tool "stuck." There are other changes I've had difficulty getting to stick, such as background color and look n' feel style. When I use the Control Panel to make these changes, the changes do not apply. I'm still looking at a periwinkle color background and the 'x' to close button in the top left corner. I would really like to get the 'x' to close button in the top right corner. John These things seem to be KDE bugs. Is your KDE version 2.0 (see KDE version number in "kcontrol", the KDE Control Center). If not, update it. If the problems are still there, file bugs on qa.mandrakesoft.com. Till
Re: [newbie] Printing to an HP Laserjet 4050TN over an Ethernet Network
The printer musthave a fixed IP, because it does server tasks. It is not possible to let it get an IP automatically from the DHCP server (the address would be everytime different). Do the following: Enter "ifconfig" and look which IP is assigned to the card for your local network. It is usually "192.168.0.1". So the network is "192.168.0.". Assign an address inside this network to the printer, but choose one which cannot be assigned by the DHCP server. With the default setting in /etc/dhcpd.conf you can choose the fourth number of the printer's IP from 2 to 15. So you can use 192.168.0.2 for example. Please check the printer's manual for how to set this addres on the printer. Till Philip Trauring wrote: How can I set the IP address when the network is using DHCP? What's the default subnet for a DHCP server on Mandrake? I just used the Internet sharing feature in DrafConfig. I can set an IP Address on the HP from my Mac without a problem. It can be set to get it's IP address from DHCP as well, but then the IP address with theoretically change each time it powers up, no? There must be a way to use a Printer over a DHCP network.
Re: [newbie] Printing with STAR OFFICE
Did you read also the text version of the Mandrakeuser.org document? The web pages are still not complete and only treat the installation/configuration of CUPS. An important point is, that you do not use the printer drivers of Star Office. Use the "Generic printer". This makes Star Office outputting PostScript and CUPS translates it to the printer-specific protocol. Set up the options for your print job in qtcups or xpp, but check whether Star Office uses the correct paper format. Till Ed Santiago wrote: The printer works great in those, however in StarOffice it doesnt print. I have changed the "connect" to qtcups and to xpp, when I try to print the qtcups interface comes up but it doesnt print. It says print job:x, (x being a number depending on how many times I try) and yet nothing happens. I have been reading through alot of past mail and the Mandrake user stuff but cant find anything that applies to this. I am not on a network and the printer is hooked up to lp0 parrell port on my computer.
Re: [newbie] Printing to an HP Laserjet 4050TN over an Ethernet Network
Philip Trauring wrote: BTW, why isn't this the same interface as when I click to configure a printer from DrakConfig? I figured it was the same an ran it a bunch of times before I realized it was not. In DrakConf you get printerdrake, the thing which searches the network for printers is kups. Here's a problem - It automatically scans the subnet for my external NIC, but the printer is connected to the internal NIC which I have set up to serve IPs using DHCP. I haven't configured the printer with a specific IP address since the rest of my network are Macs and they connect to the printer using appletalk and don't need an IP address. First you must give an IP address to your printer. See the printer's manual how to do so, Linux does TCP/IP networking and therefore it needs IP addresses for all network devixes which it wants to access. The port on which the printer listens is 9100 by default. Leave it on this value. Make sure that the printer allows Socket or AppSocket access. To let kups scan the other NIC do the sma as you have already done, but in the window where you can scan the network, click on "Settings" and change the IP address range to the internal network, then scan again. Or type the address and the port of the printer directly into the fields on the right. Any suggestions? How do I get it to scan my second NIC? Do I need to assign it an IP address first? How can I make sure the IP address doesn't change? As I told the IP address has to be configured in the printer, it stores it in a non-volatile memory and so it is conserved even if you turn off the printer. Till
Re: [newbie] Printing to print server with CUPS
Eddie Torres wrote: I tried setting up lpr but everytime I try to use printtool or printdrake it asks me for the cd and wants to install CUPS. To use LPD you must start "printerdrake --lpr" or you install the "printtool" from the contribs. But your problem is easier to solve with CUPS. So I am willing to give it a shot but need some help setting up a printer through a print server, it is a ip to ip connection ( 192.168.0.2 - PS, 192.168.0.1 - computer). How do I go about it? Start "kups", "Printer" - "Add" in the menu, "Socket" or "LPD" as backend (depends on the server, check its manual, "AppSocket" = "Socket") In case of "Socket" click on "Scan" and click on your printer which appears in the list window. In case of LPD enter the print server's IP in "Host" and the queue name "Queue" (the server boxes use "lp", "lpr", "PS" or similar, see manual). In both cases choose manufacturer and model afterwards, or in case of a native PostScript printer click on "Have driver" to install the PPD file which came with the printer. Enter the printer name and confirm your configuration and the printer appears in the main window of kups. Click with the right mouse button on it, choose "Configure printer""and set up the options for the desired printing quality, paper size, and so on. See also http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/#4th Till
Re: [newbie] printing
The best driver for your printer (Epson Stylus Color) is the
EPSON Stylus Color, CUPS+GIMP-print v4.0
when you have set up this driver, make sure that you put the resolution
to 360 or 720 dpi ("Configure Printer" button in
http://localhost:631/printers/). Set also paper size and type correctly.
To get the colours correct, log in as "root" and enter the command
calibrate-gimpprint
and follow the instructions on the screen.
Till
Marcia wrote:
Dear All, I finally got my printer to work through the web interface
admin. No other way would set it up. I think that my Kups admin does not
work correctly nor does my printerdrake. My printer works for Abiword
but does not print anything out for Kword. I tried to print out
something from the Advanced Editor and it did not work there, either.
Does anyone have any suggestions for making these work?
Also, the print quality is horrible. Too light and needs calibrating.
How can I fine tune this? Thank you. Marcia
[newbie] Additional support for printing with CUPS
Oi, many questions appeared on the mailing lists about problems with CUPS, the new printing system in Linux Mandrake 7.2. I have set up some places for getting additional help in case of questions and problems with CUPS: 1. A large article covering all about CUPS, beginning from what CUPS is over the configuration of printers and network connections, the usage, up to special tips and tricks you get a lot of info. Go to http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/#4th Note that not all is available as web pages yet, but the text version is complete. 2. Every week new tips and discussion about printing with CUPS on http://www.mandrakeforum.org/ Issues already available: http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001116101952 http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001109145914 http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001102140711 Posting your questions here makes them easier available for other users, because they are not mixed ub with discussions about other problems. 3. New versions of the packages concerning printing for installation under Linux Mandrake 7.2 you will find on http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~tkamppeter/packages/ Download and install the most recent version. If problems appear with the most recent, take an older one and tell me exactly what problems appeared with the newest version. I only do a short test of these packages before I put them there. They are not official updates, use them on your own risk. They should help you to get rid of problems due to bugs in the released packages. To install the packages enter rpm -Uvh package name You do not need to install the ".src.rpm" packages, they contain the source code of the programs and are there for interested users. 4. The web site where our printer driver and support information comes from: http://linuxprinting.org/ There you get information whether printers are supported and how, which drivers are available, you will be informed about new drivers and you can discuss in the discussion forums. Bugs in the printer database you can also report to me, because I am participating in the maintenance of this database. The best is, before you ask a question or report a bug, that you check out these points. I hope they will solve most of the problems. Till
Re: [newbie] Printing
Which printer model do you use? Did you set up the printer options after installing the driver as I explained it to you? Note that the option settings get lost when one changes the driver. If your printer is an HP inkjet, note that the drivers with "Foomatic + cdj880" and "Foomatic + cdj890" do not work with the default settings. The "Normal" quality is broken. Use "Presentation" instead. Till Eddie Torres wrote: I got the printer to print but I got some garbage, I started to play with some of the drivers and now it doesn't print again when I went back to the original driver. Any Ideas?
Re: [newbie] Printing to an HP Laserjet 4050TN over an Ethernet Network
Start "kups", Choose "Printer", "Add". Choose "AppSocket" (or "Socket") as backend and on the next screen click on "Scan". You printer will appear in the list field. Now you click on it and then on "Next". As driver you can choose either The "HP 4050" drivers offered (they print in PCL mode) or you click on "Have driver" to load the PPD file which came with the printer. Then you print in PostScript mode with all options which the printer also has in Windows, and 1200 dpi. Go also to http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hcups0.html Till Philip Trauring wrote: I have Mandrake 7.2 installed and I have an HP Laserjet 4050TN on the same Ethernet network that I'd like to be able to print to. It's not clear to me how to do this. Technically the HP has a built-in print server, but I'm not sure how to connect to it from Mandrake. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Philip
Re: [newbie] StarOffice 5.2 printing
See http://www.mandrakeforum.com/myarticle.php3?sid=20001109145914 Thread: Star Office 5.2 vs. CUPS Till Ed Santiago wrote: I installed Mandrake 7.2 and have the updates installed so I am running the current version of KDE and CUPS etc. I can print to my Epson Stylus Color 400 printer with KWord and the test page when configuring a printer with DrakeConf works just fine. I cant get StarOffice to print at all. It says it has printed but my printer does nothing. When I used Mandrake 7.1 I didnt have this problem. Anyone have any ideas. Thanks in advance, Ed
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
KEdit has really a bug and does not print at all. Your lp.ppd is probably broken due to a bug in the database of linuxprinting.org (the origin of the file). I have fixed this databse bug, and now the PPD files there are correct. Download http://www.linuxprinting.org/cups-o-matic.cgi?driver=lq850printer=63360.submit=Generate+CUPS+PPD and replace your /etc/cups/ppd/lp.ppd by this file. All information which KMail saves should be in ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail or in ~/,kde/share/config/kmailrc. Till phil wrote: My printer is an Epson LQ-570 although I have selected an LQ-850 from the list because it allows the printer to print correctly. My security level is set to medium. I have attached the requested files. Note I have reinstalled 7.2 on a new hard disk so these are new files. I don't want to overburden you with questions, do you know where Kmail stores it's filter rules? I'm trying to avoid recreating them.
Re: [newbie] CUPS and printpro in 7.2
printpro is ESP Print Pro, a commercial extension of CUPS which also contains CUPS itself. It provides many printer drivers and graphical frontends for administration and printing. As I know, the version coming with Linux Mandrake is a demo which expires after one or three mounths. In reality, you do not need ESP Print Pro with Linux Mandrake 7.2. There are many free frontends: kups, xpp, qtcups, printerdrake, web interface (You find them all in the menues under "Configuration"/"Printing" and under "Applications"/"Publishing"). There are also lots of free drivers and most of them lead to a better printing quality than the drivers of ESP Print Pro (especially the GIMP-Print drivers). You do not gain support of extra printers with ESP Print Pro, for Lexmark winprinters the support by free drivers in Linux Mandrake is even better. Also for PostScript printers you do not need ESP Print Pro, use the PPD file delivered with the printer. To install the CUPS updates you have to deinstall the printpro package with "urpme printpro". Till Laszlo Gulyas wrote: Hello all, Question for the group - went to MandrakeUpdate to get the new updates for CUPS, and upon installing them a message came up about CUPS conflicting with printpro. What is printpro - I couldn't find it in the menus. Laszlo
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
I tried to print with KEdit, too, but it has a bug, I will report it. You method does not work for me. Till Neville Cobb wrote: Same problem here RE the printer. I found that when in say Kedit, select print and then when the print screen comes up and you cannot select any printer - simply type in the name you gave the printer (in my case I called it canon and types in canon) and it seems to print OK. Nev
Re: [newbie] 7.2 problems...
See the hints for setting up printing in small networks on the Mandrake Forum: http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001109145914mode=flat http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001102140711mode=flat Try to use the PPD file coming with the printer, use kups with to set up the queue and when you are asked for manufacturer and model, click on "Have driver". Till Kent Loobey wrote: I had 7.1 installed on two computers and it worked great. I have installed 7.2 on both of them and I can't get the printer (NEC Silentwriter 2 model 90) to work. It sends the postscript to it but does not actually print. I have tried every combination that NEC suggests and of course what worked with 7.1, still no luck.
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
Can you tell me in which security level you are and can you send me also your /etc/cups/printers.conf, /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, /etc/cups/ppd/*.ppd? Till phil wrote: The desktop printer doesn't list any printers and dragging a file to the printer icon doesn't print that file. Originally I thought the problem was with the cups server since Kups displays an error message telling me that it cannot connect to the cups server and to check my options. I can print from Koffice, Konqueror and Kmail but not from either of the KDE text editors. Is this a bug or can everyone else print from the KDE text editors? -- Regards, Phil [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Cups server problems
phil wrote: Hello, After running the Mandrake printer configuration tool I can print from Koffice and Konqueror but not from any other application. The desk top printer icon doesn't show any printers and when I run Kups I receive and error message "Can't connect to cups server. Check options.". This message means, that the CUPS daemon is not running, enter service cups start to restart it. Till
Re: [newbie] CUPS and the HP Deskjet Portable
Did you really try all the three alternatives for the DeskJet 500, the "HP DeskJet, Foomatic + deskjet" and the "HP DeskJet Series, CUPS v1.1"? Especially the "GIMP-Print" drivers are of a very high quality. You also should check the options of the drivers, often a low resolution is set as default. To optimize your default options, go to http://localhost:631/printer/ where you see an entry for every printer on your machine and click on the "Configure printer" button of the entry of your DeskJet Portable and set up the options to the desired values. In "kups" click on the entry of your printer with the right mouse button and choose "Configure printer". For setting the printer options for a particular printout, use "xpp" or "qtcups" instead of "lpr". Till Bob Buick wrote: I've been running my HP Deskjet Portable on several distros from four different companies. It's always worked well with the HP Deskjet Portable, or HP Deskjet 500 drivers. It won't work with any of the CUPS HP 500 series drivers and I've tried most of their other HP drivers, also with notable lack of success. Can I kill CUPS (and jump on it) and go back to something that's worked for 4 years, or is there a better way? Thanks in anticipation... ...Bob.
Re: [newbie] printing too light
When you are using a GIMP-Print driver, then it is a bug of GIMP-Print
(gimp-print.sourceforge.net). I have already made a new RPM package of
the fixed version 4.02, this will be available soon.
A quick fix is using an alternative driver, try
HP LaserJet 3, Foomatic + ljet3
HP LaserJet 3D, Foomatic + ljet3d (if you have a duplex unit)
HP LaserJet Series, CUPS v1.1
Another thing to adjust the output is using the "Brightness" and "Gamma"
controls of CUPS ("Advanced" tab in the "Options" dialog of xpp.
Till
malkajef wrote:
Printing on my HP III in Mandrake 7.2 comes out very faint on the paper. How
can I adjust this?
Thanks
--
Jeff Malka ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] ML7.2 and Printer + ML7.2 and GeForce
At first do a "killall -9 cupsd" then "rm -f /var/spool/cups/* /var/spool/cups/tmp/* /etc/cups/ppds.dat" and afterwards a "service cups start". If the daemon does not start up correctly now (check with "lpstat -t"), reboot and repeat these steps. If this does not help, do "rm -f /etc/cups/ppd/printername.ppd; mv /etc/cups/printers.conf /etc/cups/printers.conf.orig; touch /etc/cups/printers.conf", then the steps from the beginning and reinstall your printer(s). When "lpstat -t" shows your printer, start "xpp" as root and choose your printer. Click on the "Options" button and in the dialog on "This printer as default". Now "lp" or "lpr" without options should print on the desired printer. Till Christian wrote: 2. I can't use my printer with Mandrake 7.2 lp says: "error - no default destination available." I tried to reconfigure with the Mandrake tools (PrinterDrake) but after the message "Reading the CUPS driver database" nothing else happens. The printer icon on the desktop says:" Unable to connect to CUPS server, check options." cupsd and lpd are loaded (cupds in even show twice after typing "ps -A"). The testpage during the installation process has been printed correctly (although blue looks like mauve). HardDrake displays this: Manufacturer: HEWLETT-PACKARD Model: DESKJET 890C Device: /dev/lp0 Bus-Type: Parallel Someone told me to start a browser and type in 'http://localhost:631' to reconfigure the printer settings but this produces an error message: "ERROR The requested URL could not be retrieved" I'm really unexperienced with Linux so if you have an idea try to explain in easy words. Thanx and sorry for that long eMail
Re: [newbie] Epson Stylus Scan 2000 printer driver??
Did it work with Mandrake 7.1? Our printer support is based on linuxprinting.org. Please check for information there. There is also a forum for printer-specific questions. You should post your problem there, too. Till -michael- wrote: I tried most, if not all, of the epson drivers which cups made available on install, but to no avail. Coming back from 7.02 has been a thrill; however I still can't figure out this printer thing. Does anyone have any clues for a newbie like me? TIA
Re: [newbie]printing
The installation of CUPS also includes GIMP-Print, very sophisticated drivers for colour inkjets, especially Epson. Look when you install your printer after you have installed CUPS, choose an entry in the printer list with "CUPS+GIMP-print v4.0". After the installation you can call "calibrate-gimpprint" to calibrate the colours. Instructions for the installation of CUPS see below, Till Stop LPD by /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd stop and backup your /etc/printcap file. Remove the "lpr" package and related packages: rpm -e --nodeps lpr rpm -e --nodeps rhs-printfilters ... Download the following RPM packages from a download site for Linux Mandrake 7.2 (or copy them from the first CD of Linux Mandrake 7.2), DO NOT download the packages from the Cooker: cups cups-drivers ghostscript ghostscript-module-X ghostscript-module-SVGALIB ghostscript-utils xpp qtcups samba samba-common samba-client Install the "cups" package with rpm -Uvh --nodeps cups-1.1.4*.rpm Set links for easier access to the CUPS shell commands: cd /usr/bin ln -s lpr-cups lpr ln -s lpq-cups lpq ln -s lprm-cups lprm cd /usr/sbin ln -s lpc-cups lpc Now install all the other downloaded packages with rpm -Uvh package file name Start CUPS with chkconfig --add cups service cups start Go to http://localhost:631/ to get to the web interface for administration of CUPS and to the documentation of CUPS. marcia wrote: Dear All, Whenever I print with Linux I get a garbled couple of sentences about every 5 or so lines. This does not happen with Windows. My printer is an EPSON Stylus color. Is there anyway to fix this? If I downloaded the cups printing software would this fix it? I have Mandrake 7. complete so what would be a good cups download? Thank you for your help. Sincerely. Marcia
Re: [newbie] Automatic user log on
Start DrakConf and click on "Graphics Configuration", keep all settings of resolution and so on as they are, also keep the automatic start of X on bootup. Afterwards you get the question about the automatic login as in the initial installation, so that you can configure it as you want. Till Vincent Fletcher wrote: When I first installed Mandrake 7.2 I answered 'no' to the automatic log on of a named user. I'd now like to give this feature a try but I can't find it on any menu. Has anyone found a way to enable this from within a running system or is it only available during initial installation? -- Vincent Fletcher
Re: [newbie] Expert install on LM7.2 Complete?
The 25-bucks-Wall-Mart edition is not really "complete", it does not contain any development tools. Till Jon Doe wrote: I just purchased Mandrake 7.2 complete from the local Wal-Mart, just want to say I LOVE it! The only problem I am having ( other than figureing out where everything is...lol) I can't get it to do an expert install. I like to install the development version so I have all the required files to build progs from source. It shows in the book that you get to choose just like in 7.1 but I never get that choise. Am I missing something or does 7.2 Complete not give you this option?
Re: [newbie] Ok, next ? about 7.2 then
This is probably the download edition, when it consists of two CDs, it contains the development tools. Till Jon Doe wrote: Can anyone tell me if the Cheapbytes version will offer the expert install?
Re: [newbie] External CD-RW Drive?
Use the Freecom Traveller with the parallel cable or another parallel Freecom drive. I have the traveller and it works perfectly under Linux Mandrake 7.1 and 7.2. To set it up enter the following commands modprobe paride modprobe friq modprobe pcd modprobe pg modprobe ide-scsi or better (For the I/O address, which is 0x378 in the example, run the commands shown above and look at the messages in the end of the output of the "dmesg" command): modprobe paride modprobe friq modprobe pcd drive0=0x378,0,0,-1,-1,0 modprobe pg drive0=0x378,0,0,-1,-1,0 modprobe ide-scsi The second version makes the access faster. Both versions allow 2x speed, the second 4x speed when you do not need your machine during the CD recording (CPU load gets 80% when burning in 4x speed). Or add the following lines in /etc/modules paride friq pcd drive0=0x378,0,0,-1,-1,0 pg drive0=0x378,0,0,-1,-1,0 ide-scsi to get the drive active automatically at boot time. These modules are only loaded at boot time when the drive is connected. To get the drive's address for writing CDs (both data and audio), enter cdrecord --scanbus the device to mount for reading CDs is /dev/pcd0 Till "C.K.Gardner" wrote: I'm looking to do some hardware upgrading in the next couple of months, and I would like some advice about an external cd-rw for a laptop. I've been following discussions on burning cds both in this group and in Linux mags, and rarely does anyone mention externals. Can it even be done with Linux (Mandrake 7.1 being touted as able to recognize more peripherals than most distros)? Speed is not really a priority, and I may never get around to burning music. Just files, programs, and photos. So, in a nutshell: Can it be done? By a newbie? Any recommendations on connections (USB, PCMCIA, etc) or brands? Thanks in advance! Christopher
Re: [newbie] Printer Question
Jay wrote: -- I know this has been done before. I just got a HP Deskjet 648C. 1. Can I use USB connection for this printer with the 2.2.14 kernel? I don't know, depends on the distro, because the distro companies add a lot of stuff to the kernel. If you use Mandrake 7.2 USB printing is fully supported. 2. I tried using it via parallel, it detects it etc. on lp which is LPT1, but no print. If it does not print, you have probably done something wrong in the setup. Use printerdrake or printtool in Mandrake 7.1 and use printerdrake or kups in Mandrake 7.2. Mandrake 7.2 has many more drivers which give a better output quality. 3. Which is easier set-up USB or parallel? In Mandrake 7.2 it does not matter, in older distros parallel is easier to set up. Till
Re: [newbie] USB Printer
Probably, there is an entry "Docuprint P8e" in the model list, and in addition USB printing is supported by Mandrake 7.2 (I use a DeskJet 840C with USB connection). The Docuprint P8e is compatible to the HP LaserJet 4 series (uses the "ljet4" driver of GhostScript). So probably also the GIMP-Print drivers for 600-dpi LaserJets would work. Till Saravut Teepprasan wrote: Does USB Printer Xerox Docuprint P8xe works on Mandrake 7.2? Saravut Teepprasan http://www.digitaltophoto.com
Re: [newbie] 4th question - HP 500C printer
Try Mandrake 7.2, the printing is completely new there and for many printers there is even more than one driver, so you can choo if a driver would fail absolutely. In addition you can easily set up options at every printout by simple mouse clicks. Surf to: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Demo/Mandrake7.2/QuickLook/pages/quicklook5.php3 Till Adrian Smith wrote: there has recently been some talk about printers on the list which actually told me some things i need to know (now to empty that bloody print que which has become my enemy). but does anyone have a HP 500C printer working with 7.1? my printer worked just fine with 7.0. but once i went to 7.1 -- nothing but garbage will come out of it. i'm going to try some of the things that came up here recently if printer still no work i'll be back to you. maybe it will fix under 7.2=) thanks 2 more on the way
Re: [newbie] Does anyone know how to set up a HP Deskjet 722C to work with Linux Mandrake 7.1?
This printer has another protocol than most of the other DeskJets. Therefore you need to install the pnm2ppa package. Till "Daniel R. Anderson" wrote: Hi, I've got a PII, 350MHz, with 64MB RAM, and I was trying to get my printer - a HP DeskJet 722C to work with Linux Mandrake 7.1. When I was using the original setup program (when I was installing Linux on my system), none of the settings I tried worked (I basically tried all the different HP printer drivers to see if I could get one to work). And, when I could get output, everything was overlapping and out of place. I've tried several times to log in under root, and use the printer configuration under DrakConfig, but now I can't get the printer to print out a test page! I was wondering if that might be because there were jobs in the print queue that couldn't print, blocking even a text only job from working. But, I couldn't find out how to access the print queue. So, has anyone ever set up an HP722C printer before? I didn't see and HP 7xx drivers in the printer setup box, and I didn't see any messages about it in the archives, so I assume it can't be a common problem - or I'm searching under the wrong term. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you! -Dan
Re: [newbie] HP DeskJet 930 (fwd)
The HP DeskJet 930 C is fully supported by LinuxMandrake 7.2. The classification "Partially" was done on www.linuxprinting.org before an excellent new driver for most colour ink jets came out (GIMP-Print, http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net). Now it probably works much better than before. to install simply chooses the printer from the menues in printerdrake or KUPS. To print use qtcups file name or xpp file name and then you will have a lot of options to do the printing job in different qualities. Note: Not all models could be tested by the authors, so there is no warrenty whether the 930C prints really well. Till Denis Havlik wrote: -- - Dr. Denis Havlikhttp://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quality Assurance (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---oOO--(_)--OOo- The mailserver is on strike. It wants better working conditions, paid days off and a female connector. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:23:39 +0200 From: Roman Korcek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] HP DeskJet 930 Hi guys, When responding to this topic, please email me directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] since I am not subscribed to the list. TIA. For the question - I am planning on buying a HP DeskJet 930 but I checked the hardware list on Mandrake and its support is listed as partial (second out of four possible levels of support, four being the best). So I'd like to ask - has anyone had any experience with this printer ? If yes, how is it doing under Linux ? Thanx in advance Roman
