On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 14:38, Wayne Gemmell wrote: > Hi all > Now that I've got printing in KDE to work I need to get Openoffice and > network(Samba) printing to work. Oo seems to need a commandline input and > this is what I'm starting with and also where my confusion begins. > A few questions, > Which package is lp part of? > Should I use lp or lpr? I seem to have both, whats the difference? > Are there any suggestions as to a command line entry I can use to print from? > --> > I'm using a HP710C printer that is named as such in CUPS. > The printer prints through the web interface using the reference > ipp://Wuler:631/printers/HP710 (from the cups error log) > The driver is pnm2ppa (not hpijs) > > lpstat gives the error > <error> > lpstat: Unable to connect to server: Connection refused > </error> > > cupsdoprint -P HP710C zzz gives the error > <error> > server-error-service-unavailable > </error>
If the name you gave to your printer is HP710C, then you should be able to print any random text file by typing $ lp -d HP710C foobar.txt -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA The purpose of the military isn't to pay your college tuition or give you a little extra income; it's to "kill people and break things". Surprisingly, not everyone understands that. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
