On Monday 28 May 2001 14:49, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> Marcia Waller wrote:
> > Dear Alan & All, Thank you Alan so much for your help. I
> > have lpd installed and working now. Whew! I had to have
> > some printing working. Now that I have it installed it
> > reminded me why I was so happy to have cups in 7.2. The
> > print is a little too light, wavy, and uneven plus about
> > every 5 lines I get print over print so that it is just a
> > blur. I had this same problem in 7. How can I improve this
> > printing and get rid of the blur?
> >
> > Another question. My cups in 7.2 had worked well and looked
> > good. Would it be possible to install all of the cups files
> > from 7.2 into my LM8? Should that work since the LM8 cups
> > files did not work at all for me? I will not consider this
> > if I can substantially improve the quality of my lpd.
> >
> > Thanks so very much for your help. Sincerely, Marcia
>
> Marcia....sure the 7.2 CUPS should work with 8.0. Basically,
> reverse the process you just did. Uninstall the 5 files you
> just installed:
>
> rpm -e --nodeps lpr-0.50-10mdk.i586.rpm
> rpm -e --nodeps rhs-printfilters-1.76-3mdk.i586.rpm
> rpm -e --nodeps printtool-3.43-2mdk.noarch.rpm (mdk 7.0)
> rpm -e --nodeps control-panel-3.11-17mdk (mdk 7.2)
> rpm -e --nodeps mpage-2.5.1-12mdk (7.2)
>
> If there are any errors about not being able to delete some
> associated directories because of there still being data in
> them then delete them by hand. Then install these files from
> the 7.2 Installation CD by first copying them to an otherwise
> empty directory and install them all at once using:
>
> rpm -ivh *
>
> cups-1.1.4-3mdk.i586.rpm
> cups-drivers-0.3.6-30mdk.i586.rpm
> kups-0.8-24mdk.i586.rpm
> qtcups-1.0-14mdk.i586.rpm
>
> Hopefully you'll not run into any dependency errors and this
> will fix up all your printing problems to your satisfaction.
> Good luck!
Dear Alan, Thank you for these great instructions. I will give this a try.
If I finally get good printing again I will let you all know. Thanks.
Marcia
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Marcia Waller
