I've not received any suggestions for this problem so am trying one last time.
I can't seem to get my HP LJIII to print. The printer and cable work fine
under DOS. It's connected to the only parallel port (lpt0? - LP1 in DOS).
I try to set up local printing from KDE 2 and I get a choice of Postscript,
a Deskjet series, or text-only. I choose text-only but can't print a test
page. It doesn't even try - no blank page, no garbage, nothing. I can't
print from Kmail either.
In another thread someone suggested using Kups (Configuration -> Printers
-> Kups. There is no 'Kups' or 'cups' choice on my system. I had told the
original MD 8 install to load everything for a workstation. The KDE
software manager shows both on the CD but not installed.
Any suggestions appreciated. In previous versions I selected my printer
from a long list, told the computer which port, a printcap entry was made
for me and I was printing in no time. I was disappointed in this new
no-printer-choice set-up in MD 8. I would prefer this system as it has
always worked well for a local printer in many previous Linux distributions
including Mandrake 7.0.
TIA
Ken
