On Saturday 02 June 2001 18:15, you wrote:
> 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 & All, I have done all of the above, got it installed but I
> cannot figure out how to get the printing going. I know that you cannot set
> up a printer in printerdrake if it is cups. I do not know how to launch
> kups or at least I have not found a way to do so. Is there anyone who can
> help me to get this set up again? Now that I have all of these things
> installed how to I configure and get it going? Any help will be greatly
> appreciated. Thank you. Marcia
type kups at a command line, if it doesn't work you haven't got it installed,
if you haven't got it installed you will find the RPM on the first CD
--
Poogle
