Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato

2001-07-19 Thread Joel Mayes
Paul Huygen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 4) I have installed lpr and magicfilter and that runs fine. However, I understand that CUPS is a modern alternative for the two (am I right?) I as understand it yes, it also offers beter drivers/filters for new printer then lpr or lprNG and it's much

Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato

2001-07-19 Thread Joost Kooij
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 12:26:36AM +1000, Joel Mayes wrote: Paul Huygen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 4) I have installed lpr and magicfilter and that runs fine. However, I understand that CUPS is a modern alternative for the two (am I right?) I as understand it yes, it also offers beter

Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato

2001-07-19 Thread Karsten Heymann
On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 06:57:21PM +0200 or thereabouts, Joost Kooij wrote: [snip] The differences with cups are that cups implements the functionality of both the lpd and the filter in one, and that it has a gui for setting it up and managingthe printer queue. Apart from the gui, it does

how-to configure a printer on my potato

2001-07-18 Thread Linuxero
Hello: Could you tell me how-to configure a printer in my debian potato? What packages Should I install? Are there any doc ? The Printer is a HP Laser Jet 4050 N Thanks

Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato

2001-07-18 Thread Joel Mayes
Linuxero [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello: Could you tell me how-to configure a printer in my debian potato? What packages Should I install? Are there any doc ? The Printer is a HP Laser Jet 4050 N Thanks Aah. printers and Linux :) You should read the printing howto for a start.

Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato

2001-07-18 Thread Paul Huygen
Linuxero [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked: Could you tell me how-to configure a printer in my debian potato? What packages Should I install? Are there any doc ? The Printer is a HP Laser Jet 4050 N 1) Make sure that your kernel supports the parallel port and printers on the parallel port. 2) There

Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato

2001-07-18 Thread Michael Perry
Quoting Joel Mayes on Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 01:04:27AM +1000: Linuxero [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello: Could you tell me how-to configure a printer in my debian potato? What packages Should I install? Are there any doc ? The Printer is a HP Laser Jet 4050 N Thanks Aah.

Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato

2001-07-18 Thread DvB
Joel Mayes wrote: Linuxero [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There are several packages for printing avaliable in Debian I prefer cupsys, cupsys-client and cupsys-driver-gimpprint which give v. good print out on my el-cheepo HP-DeskJet, Do you not use cupsomatic? That's the only way I could get cups

Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato

2001-07-18 Thread Sam Varghese
On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 01:04:27AM +1000, Joel Mayes wrote: Could you tell me how-to configure a printer in my debian potato? What packages Should I install? Are there any doc ? The Printer is a HP Laser Jet 4050 N There is a CUPS howto at http://www.ebbs.com.au/~mark/cups-gimp-print.html