On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 09:26:06PM +0200, Mao's Br?derle wrote: > On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 09:15:27PM +1000, Joel Mayes wrote: > > On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 02:03:09PM +0200, Mao's Br?derle wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > Has anyone had any experience with cups and the deskjet 840c?! As I > > > understood from cups.org, this printer is supported, although "mostly". > > > When I open "http://localhost:631/admin", I get "this > > > file contains no data". The other sections of this interface are also > > > empty. > > > The docs say that I can add a printer with the "lpadmin" command ( > > > unfortunately, this wasn't in the .deb package I downloaded.). > > > My local user is in the "lpadmin" group and the printer does respond ( > > > usually...) to "lpr filename". It only prints the first line of the text, > > > though... > > > Any tips?! > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Eamon Roque > > > > > I can't help with all the question but did you install cupsys-client, as > > well > > as cupsys, I was looking for the lpstat and lpadim commands mentioned in the > > manual to until I took a guess and installed cupsys-client, Voila > > > > Cheers > > > > Joel > > well, I've got the lpadmin etc... Thanks! > now I need to get the printer working... >
> > Eamon Roque > G'day Eamon, I got my deskjet to work using the localhost:631 setup stuff, if it's broken in your install, try the version from Testing, it worked OK for me when you add a printer one of the fields you prompted to fill is location, put the path to the driver, for the deskjet it shoud be, /usr/share/cups/model/deskjet.ppd there and the rest should be a piece of cake Cheers Joel > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- No, Gates always knew the Internet was going to be important, just as Oceania has always been at war with East Asia. ;)