Emily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On the Mandrake Website, under Updates > 7.1, I see there is a mention
> of a problem with printtool, and an admonition to upgrade.  None of the
> mirrored sites (including the primary mirror) are carying this update,
> that I can find.
> 
> Here is the Mandrake announcement:
> 
> July, 5 1999 bug in printtool package
> 
>                         Unhappily, some users may experience some
> problems with printtol (missing printers). Please
>                         upgrade to: printtool-3.40-6mdk.noarch.rpm

Have you seen the date, the printtool in 7.1 is version 3.44.

So there should be a problem with the Mandrake Website.

> 
> 
> My problem, by the way, is that, for the new Printer Type "Direct", the
> configuration created by printtool does not print anything. I can netcat
> a file to the print server (a D-Link 3-port server) just fine. I think I
> see where the config goes bad, but I'm hoping the revision solves the
> problem.

Do you have the following file :
  /usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/directprint 

If not, this could be the problem.

If you get the cooker version of rhs-printtool, this should be ok. Can you
answer me back about that ?

Thanks, Fran�ois.

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