Hello everybody:
Happy new year to all! After three months running Linux, I finally was
able
to make my printer work. YEAH!!! I asked in a couple of newgroups and I
got
really good answers (I think). The thing was that something was not
working
but some people made me feel TOO STUPID to ask the same question again.
Well I got it to work and if any other newbie care, this is what I did:
Download your choice of filters here (aps, magicfilter-1.2, etc):
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/sunsite/system/printing/
Make a new directory for your printer, in my case HP DeskJet 500, I just
called it dj:
mkdir /var/spool/lpd/dj
I made this entry in my printcap after installing magicfilter-1.2 in
directory:
/var/spool/lpd/dj/magicfilter-1.2
# DeskJet500
lp|dj|deskjet:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/dj:\
:mx#0:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/dj/magicfilter-1.2/filters/dj500-filter:\
:sh:
I hope somebody can use this.
