On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:56 PM, Martin Bochnig <martin at martux.org> wrote: > I also have another idea: Printing. > > Presto does a great job etc. > And we have the Java based /usr/sbin/printmgr LP printmgr GUI for > Solaris LP as well as the new gtk based CUPS config utility. > But the latter lacks much of the customizability that you would get > via http://localhost:631 . > For US-Letter this may not be problematic. But Europeans use A4. In > case of a mismatch the printer's LCD prints the error message "Insert > US-Letter paper" and waits forever. Previously you could specify the > paper size on a per-print-job-basis when printing from Desktop apps > like Mozilla/FF. Now not anymore. I doubt many average Desktop users > know about http://localhost:631 (and by the way, on my box I cannot > even reach it despite docs recommending this, such as the OS Bible, I > just found that not daemon or SMF service matching the substring > "cups" is running, what is going on?).
Oh, I was wrong. But I have been as a consequence of confusing Gnome menu entries: Administration-->[Print Manager] /usr/bin/ospm-pm plus Administration-->[Solaris LP Print Manager] /usr/sbin/printmgr While I had *thought* if the first configures SVR4 LP, then the second probably configures CUPS, this has been a mis-assumption. I see that the one is in sbin while ther other is in bin. So they are both for Solaris LP at different administrative levels, like from Solaris 8 on? With that one in bin having been replaced with a non-Java version? You know, I don't like paper. I prefer on-screen PDF. I set up my LaserJet 5N for the first time in 2 years. Whatever: Are there plans to add CUPS's http://localhost:631 to the Gnome Start Menu, or has it already been done? Right now I'm using the SXCE snv_114 Laptop and don't want to start the other Laptop or VirtualBox for verification ... %martin > Here now my suggestion, if it hasn't already been proposed or done earlier: > Some pointer to http://localhost:631 should make it into the > Gnome_Menu. Except some reason I'm overlooking speaks against it. Just > a suggestion I wanted to bring up for somebody to consider. Maybe this > should be asked on desktop-discuss or over at presto? > > > %martin >
