On 01-09-03 Michael Meskes wrote: > On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 11:16:31AM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > > Probably because you're supposed to use a gooey web browser to add > > a printer... a bit much for a postinst script. > Not exactly. The way I read the docs you can use lpadmin from the > commandline to add a printer. In fact it works for the default deskjet ppd.
Well, that's also a possible method for adding a printer. Do you get any error messages then on the console or in the logfiles beneath /var/log/cups? > > WTF is cupsomatic-ppd anyway? Go to http://localhost:631, add _a_ > > printer (say, call it foobar), get a PPD for your printer and copy > > it to /etc/cups/ppd/foobar.ppd. You can then use web frontend to > > configure things, duplex printing, watermark etc. Works for me. > But that's a hack and not a real configuration option. Hm, do you need the cupsomatic-ppd because there's no other ppd file in the cups package for your printer available? Christian -- Debian Developer (http://www.debian.org) 1024/26CC7853 31E6 A8CA 68FC 284F 7D16 63EC A9E6 67FF 26CC 7853
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