On 23 Apr 2013, Paul Condon wrote: > I have a rather complicated CUPS printing setup, which works, > mostly, but not entirely: > > My printer is an old HP 5MP, laser printer, which I purchased before > HP invented the word "laserjet" because I was committed to Macintosh > back then and the HP 5MP offered both parallel port and Apple Talk > interfaces. > > [snip]
I'd suggest ditching CUPS and using lprng with magicfilter, especially as this is an old printer. Personally, I dislike CUPS and always use lprng plus magicfilter on all the (new) printers I've had (several different lasers). It's easy to configure and always works. AC > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51769a45.9010...@gmail.com -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130424071944.gc4...@acampbell.org.uk