On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 05:19:48 -0500 Devi0s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I followed the gentoo printing guide to no avail - still having > problems. > > I have an HP LaserJet 4 Plus hooked up via the parallel port. I have > parport, parport-pc, IEE 1284 Transfer mode, and lp configured > correctly in my kernel configuration. > > I did: > emerge cups > emerge foomatic >
[ rest snipped ] My basic experience over the past year, is that CUPS is a large smelly pile of #@!$. I had it working once, but upgraded to a new level, and life has never been the same again. CUPS has even screwed with the ghostscript interface! Same experience with a Lexmark Z53 and a Laserjet4 equivalent LJ1100 (which is about as plain vanilla as you can get). The cupsd demon comes up and runs, the web interface works to setup printer, sometimes the print test page works, but no print gets through using any other program. After conferring with friends on the linux-users group, I dumped CUPS, switched to lprng, and never looked back. Friends sent me the printcap and filters for the Z53 (plus a Lexmark supplied driver), and I found a marvelously complex (talk about bloat!) but usable LJ4 filter using google. If you would like, I can send you what I have. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2++ system xfce4-cvs -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
