try to get the print working with out queueing and/or different spooler. Then if you can get it working, switch back saving the configuration. That worked for mo on one printer that cups didn't take right off. Jim K ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Loobey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [Eug-lug]Presentations
> On Tuesday 19 November 2002 05:13 am, you wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 04:35:38PM -0800, Jacob Meuser wrote: > > > > I would still absolutely love to see a presentation on configuring CUPS > > > > the hard way. > > > > > > Why? Perhaps you should read the sources for lpadmin and some IPP > > > documentation. > > > > Have you actually looked at the CUPS documentation? It's terrible! That > > said, I did manage to figure out how it all works, and could probably help > > someone else do it now, but it was a total pain to do the first time. > > > > > > Most dists still use lpr or lprng, and CUPS is an all > > > > around better print system. > > > > > > Well, again, read the sources and docs. Both have their "optimal" > > > uses. At an OpenBSD hackathon, lpr/lpd was used to spool mp3s ... > > > CUPS is not really that flexible. > > > > I think ... um ... I think this is not what lpr was intended for. =) > > > > > > This is especially useful since CUPS is > > > > available for Linux and other UNIX platforms, is the standard print > > > > system used by MacOS X, and CUPS can cooperate with Windows relatively > > > > easily once you actually configure it. > > > > > > > > Like everything else, there many options for filtering whatever type of > > > > input you have and turning it into postscript.. > > > > > > Yes, CUPS does make things "simpler", and AFAIK, the is only IPP > > > implementation for *nix. > > > > Nothing is simpler than magicfilterconfig, really. Getting from here to > > there, however, is not so trivial. > > > > Consider: > > > > - Several distributions now use CUPS > > - Those which don't probably offer it or will soon > > - MacOS X uses CUPS > > - Windows 2000/XP use Internet Printing Protocol > > - CUPS supports talking to and listening to lpd servers > > > > All in all, there aren't many reasons to use anything else anymore for > > printing. =) > > How about "I can't get it to work with my printer." This sounds like a > pretty good reason for not using it to me. And yes I brought my computer and > printer to a clinic and no one else could get it to work with CUPS either. > And yes I have the ppd file for my printer and yes it works under Windows and > yes it used to work under Linux before all the distro started switching to > CUPS. > > Just because a piece of crap is readily available doesn't mean it is a good > choice. > _______________________________________________ > Eug-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
