Mark Knecht wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Mark Knecht <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> >> > > I switched to the Adobe generic postscript driver and now it works, at > least from XP. I got the Adobe driver here. > > http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=44&platform=Windows > > Samba is not used and is not running. > > I'll test Vista later but it's not clear that this driver works on > Vista at all so that may be a bit dodgy. We'll see. > > Thanks to everyone for their help. > > Cheers, > Mark > > >
You ever thought of using webmin? I think webmin will help set this up. Just a thought. Dale :-) :-)
