On Sunday 18 November 2001 18:35, Andreas J. Guelzow wrote: > mike wrote: > >I have configured my printer using the Mandrake tool, which uses cups (the > >test page reports that the printer was set up using cups). > > > >This is an HP PS500 sitting on a Windows 2000 system, using SAMBA. > > > >The printer works fine when I am root, but when I am logged on as me, my > >requests are ignored (from Netscape, etc.). > > > >If I do am lpstat, I am prompted for a username and password. > > > >I have added myself to the lp group, so when I input the username and > >password lpstat delivers the information I have requested. > > > >This also works when I lpr filename. > > If lpr filename works as a user (non-root), then your problem > shouldn't have anything to do with cups. Check whether you have a file > /etc/printcap and whether it is readable by you as a user (non-root). > You can tell cups to create that file but it is not needed for cups. On > the other hand many applications depend on it to determine which > printers are available (although using xpp rather than lpr is much better). > > >Along with the virtues of being able to print from Netscape, this problem > >also seems to be impeding Open Office from working for a user other than > > root (it just hangs there, come up fairly quickly from root). > > > >I have perused the documents, and it appears they have skipped over this > > very issue everywhere I look. > > Andreas
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