On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Mark Knecht <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Neil Bothwick <[email protected]> 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 >
OK, now I'm thinking that maybe the <RAW> stuff Willie was talking about is accomplished by uncommenting the two lines in the mime.conv/types files. I set up a network printer from my Windows XP box pointing at the Linux Cups server. I told Windows it was an Apple Laserwriter II NT. I couldn't find a Generic Postscript printer listed. I asked Windows to print a generic printer test page an out popped what I was looking for - A Windows XP Printer Test Page. I then tried to print an email and the printer is complaining about ink in the cartridge. Ain't that always the way it works? ;-) So, definite headway. I've now printed B&W at least. Thanks all, Mark
