On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 09:45:17 -0900
William Bouterse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 15:55:59 +0100
> Till Kamppeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote these words:
>
> > You pronounce it "qtcups", but you type "kprinter", and instead of
> > typing "kups" you start the K Control Center ("kcontrol") and go to
> > "System"/"Printing Manager" to get to the new KDE Printing Manager.
> >
> > The development of "qtcups" and "kups" is discontinued. The author
> > integrated these tools into KDE as "kprinter" and the KDE Printing
> > Manager. These tools have even basic functionality for LPRng users now.
> >
>
>
> What is your recommendation then for those who never use KDE
> or gnome for that matter.....Installs with necessary printer programs
> drivers etc has not always been intuitive and at times would involve searching
> down the log lists of rpms to find various missing elements to actually
> enable proper printing...I have always had good luck with the results of your
> hard work but am now a little confused as to what to do/look for and
> suggest to others installing Mandrake without KDE/Gnome yet wanting full
> printing and GIMP functionality. !!??
>
Unless you want to stick strictly with cups what is wrong with using lpr?
Charles
