On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:48:11 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> I can get to the printers page on the server's Cups' GUI: >> >> http://192.168.1.59:631/printers >> >> It gives me a long, ugly descriptive name for the printer so I tried: >> >> lpr -P HP_PSC_1600_series_USB_1 optimize_mythdb.sh > > You may want to add the printer again in CUPS, this time using a better > name. The CUPS web interface doesn't provide for renaming printers, > so either re-install it or try editing /etc/cups/printers.conf. I've not > tried the latter,but I expect it would work if you stopped cupsd first. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick >
Just finished doing that. Now lpr -P HP1600 file.name works fine. Still looking for info on this <RAW print queue> thing. I've tried adding a printer on my Vista laptop using Willie's suggested setup but so far it doesn't contact the Linux printer. Probably I need the RAW thing setup before that will work. - Mark
