Re: [expert] Deleting printers

2002-07-23 Thread Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 23 Jul 2002 2:26 pm, Praedor Tempus wrote: > Running Mandrake 8.2 with KDE 3.0.1... > > OK, this should be simple but I am finding it is not as simple as it should > be (SHAME on you KDE developers in particular). > > I want to delete a ho

Re: [expert] Deleting printers

2002-07-23 Thread civileme
Praedor Tempus wrote: >Running Mandrake 8.2 with KDE 3.0.1... > >OK, this should be simple but I am finding it is not as simple as it should be >(SHAME on you KDE developers in particular). > >I want to delete a host of defunct printers (CUPS). I have tried running kups >and printerdrake and D

Re: [expert] Deleting printers

2002-07-23 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 06:13 -0800, civileme wrote: > Praedor Tempus wrote: > > >Running Mandrake 8.2 with KDE 3.0.1... > > > >How does one go about deleting printers? > > > >praedor > > > Well the easiest way at the moment is probably > > urpme cups > > then > > printerdrake > > which wil

RE: [expert] Deleting printers

2002-07-23 Thread JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1)
try this: 1) Please ask politely. 2) Go to KDE control center -> system -> printing manager and you should be able to add/delete/modify printers to your heart's content. All without logging in as root. The only time I needed to do anything as root was to access the test print page. In that cas

Re: [expert] Deleting printers

2002-07-23 Thread civileme
Wolfgang Bornath wrote: >On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 06:13 -0800, civileme wrote: > >>Praedor Tempus wrote: >> >>>Running Mandrake 8.2 with KDE 3.0.1... >>> >>>How does one go about deleting printers? >>> >>>praedor >>> >>Well the easiest way at the moment is probably >> >>urpme cups >> >>then >> >

Re: [expert] Deleting printers

2002-07-23 Thread J. Craig Woods
civileme wrote: > > There are easier solutions, but based on the history of the respondent, > this is the answer I would give... simple and proof against dingbats > with an attitude. > > Civileme > Now any solution that is both "simple" and "dingbats with an attitude" proof is a solution I

Re: [expert] Deleting printers

2002-07-23 Thread James T. Nelson III
I find it much easier to just run 'printerdrake', double click the printer, select the 'Remove printer' option, and click the 'Do it!' button. On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 23:44, civileme wrote: > Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > >On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 06:13 -0800, civileme wrote: > > > >>Praedor Tempus

Re: [expert] Deleting printers

2002-07-23 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:44:48 -0800 civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > >On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 06:13 -0800, civileme wrote: > > > >>Praedor Tempus wrote: > >> > >>>Running Mandrake 8.2 with KDE 3.0.1... > >>> > >>>How does one go about deleting printers? > >>> >

Re: [expert] Deleting printers

2002-07-24 Thread et
On Tuesday 23 July 2002 11:44 pm, you wrote: > Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > >On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 06:13 -0800, civileme wrote: > >>Praedor Tempus wrote: > >>>Running Mandrake 8.2 with KDE 3.0.1... > >>> > >>>How does one go about deleting printers? > >>> > >>>praedor > >> > >>Well the easiest way

Re: [expert] Deleting printers

2002-07-24 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 19:44 -0800, civileme wrote: > Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > >I just imagine what I'd do if I had a flat tyre I want to remove and > >the car is like the cups system > > > There are easier solutions, but based on the history of the respondent, > this is the answer I wo

RE: [expert] Deleting printers

2002-07-24 Thread JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1)
<> What did Kups have that the current KDE 3.01 Control Center's printing system does not? I'm curious because it seems to me that 3.01 is more feature rich than Kups is/was. The only thing I can think of is that it's hidden somewhat in the KDE Control Center's menus so it may be harder to find t

Re: [expert] Deleting printers

2002-07-24 Thread James Sparenberg
Auto detection and setup of settings for samba printers. (The new one just gives me blank lines.) I could set up a box to connect to a windows connected printer much faster with kups than I can with the current setup is all. James On Wed, 24 Jul 2002 10:33:15 -0400 "JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1)

RE: [expert] Deleting printers

2002-07-24 Thread JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1)
Message- From: James Sparenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 2:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Deleting printers Auto detection and setup of settings for samba printers. (The new one just gives me blank lines.) I could set up a box to connect to a

Re: [expert] Deleting printers

2002-07-24 Thread James Sparenberg
L PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 2:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Deleting printers > > > Auto detection and setup of settings for samba printers. (The > new one just gives me blank lines.) I could set up a box to > connect to a windows conn

Re: [expert] Deleting printers

2002-07-25 Thread W. Kasberg
On Tuesday 23 July 2002 15:26, Praedor Tempus wrote: > Running Mandrake 8.2 with KDE 3.0.1... > > OK, this should be simple but I am finding it is not as simple as it should > be (SHAME on you KDE developers in particular). > > I want to delete a host of defunct printers (CUPS). I have tried runn