I have WP8 and CUPS working fine with both
my Epson 900 and HP 855C
The solution was traced down by Till a few thousand
emails ago on this List.
The best method for both blackwhite and color was
oddly enough this:
1>In the WP8 print dialog/select menu
select --- Tektronix Phaser 140
For the path you do what you've always done
however this time I gave the printer the name
I assigned it in kups/cups (in this case ColorBoss)
Now my printing chugs along fine
The WP8 printer drivers and cups dont play together
in the "normal" way. It is a little bizarre using a "Phaser"
;"switch it to stun Scotty" :) but this is what works for me.
Contact me directly if you need help.
Somewhere I have Tills letter if you need further troubleshooting.
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Asheesh Laroia wrote:
> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 14:17:42 -0500 (EST)
> From: Asheesh Laroia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] CUPS exasperation
>
> You might try "Print to File" in WP, then running, as root:
>
> lpr name_of_WordPerfect_output_file
>
> That used to work for me when CUPS broke.
>
> -- Asheesh.
>
>
> On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, b5dave wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I really need to be able to print from Wordperfect 8/Linux real soon now
> > or I'm sunk. (essay deadlines etc)
> >
> > With LM 7.2 Cups 1.1.4-7.1 local HP Deskjet520 on /dev/lp0
> > stand-alone dial-up system, with loopback working.
> >
> > I just can't get cups working properly. The kups program says can't connect
> > to server. I've managed to configure my deskjet via the web config tool
> > and the test page printed okay. I was also able to print from nedit. But
> > the setup just won't stick. The daemon just dies after a very short time
> > and my printer config is gone. Running chkconfing --list shows cups on at
> > the appropriate run-levels. If I run "service cups start" or
> > "/etc/rc.d/init.d/ cups start" I get an OK but if I immediately run lpinfo
> > -v I get "Unable to connect to server: connection refused. All this is
> > being done su'd to root with printer always on.
> >
> > Running kupsdconf as root I get:
> >
> > # QObject::connect: No such slot
> > CupsdServerSecurityPage::cleanupEventFilter()
> > QObject::connect: (sender name: 'unnamed')
> > QObject::connect: (receiver name: 'unnamed')
> >
> > I just spent the whole day reading all the docs, and trying everything
> > possible. I had updated cups using drakupdate and thought that may have
> > been screwy so I downloaded the three rpms, uninstalled cups (rpm-e
> > --nodeps), cleaned up the leftover directories, re-installed, and SNAFU.
> >
> > I'm now completely out of ideas and out of steam. Used redhat for 4 years
> > and I'm starting to miss the old lpd. :-(
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> > Dave.
> >
> > ---------
> > 18-Dec-2000
> > 04:12:39
> > ---------
> >
> >
>
>
