[SLUG] Problem with Okipage 8z printer, CUPS and .ppd file

2006-04-26 Thread Leslie Katz
Steve Kowalik wrote: On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:18:45 +1000, Leslie Katz uttered [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ man -t lpadmin | lpr Status Information: sending job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1 cannot open connection to localhost - No such file or directory

Re: [SLUG] Problem with Okipage 8z printer, CUPS and .ppd file

2006-04-25 Thread Steve Kowalik
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:18:45 +1000, Leslie Katz uttered > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ man -t lpadmin | lpr > Status Information: > sending job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1 > cannot open connection to localhost - No such file or directory > Make sure the r

Re: [SLUG] Problem with Okipage 8z printer, CUPS and .ppd file

2006-04-25 Thread Scott Ragen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 25/04/2006 04:03:02 PM: > However, when, on the laptop, I create a test file in a text editor and > try to print it, the text editor says, "Problem encountered when trying > to print" and nothing prints out. > > Then, when I open CUPS in my browser and go to "Jobs",

[SLUG] Problem with Okipage 8z printer, CUPS and .ppd file

2006-04-25 Thread Leslie Katz
Matthew Hannigan wrote: On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 04:03:02PM +1000, Leslie Katz wrote: The printer manual lists, under "Features", "Interfaces that switch automatically". It then continues, "A parallel and USB interface, which is automatically switched according to the data source, comes stand

Re: [SLUG] Problem with Okipage 8z printer, CUPS and .ppd file

2006-04-25 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 04:03:02PM +1000, Leslie Katz wrote: > The printer manual lists, under "Features", "Interfaces that switch > automatically". It then continues, "A parallel and USB interface, which > is automatically switched according to the data source, comes standard." > > I take that

[SLUG] Problem with Okipage 8z printer, CUPS and .ppd file

2006-04-24 Thread Leslie Katz
I have an Okipage 8z printer, which has both parallel and USB interfaces. With CUPS and a .ppd file that I got from www.linuxprinting.org, the printer prints satisfactorily from my desktop computer, being connected to it via a parallel cable. (The computer's using Fedora Core 3.) The printer