Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato
Paul Huygen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 4) I have installed lpr and magicfilter and that runs fine. However, I understand that CUPS is a modern alternative for the two (am I right?) I as understand it yes, it also offers beter drivers/filters for new printer then lpr or lprNG and it's much easier to configure Cheers Joel
Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 12:26:36AM +1000, Joel Mayes wrote: Paul Huygen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 4) I have installed lpr and magicfilter and that runs fine. However, I understand that CUPS is a modern alternative for the two (am I right?) I as understand it yes, it also offers beter drivers/filters for new printer then lpr or lprNG and it's much easier to configure Neither lpr nor lprng is supposed to do any filtering, you have to configure them to let another program, like magicfilter or apsfilter, do that if necessary. The differences with cups are that cups implements the functionality of both the lpd and the filter in one, and that it has a gui for setting it up and managingthe printer queue. Apart from the gui, it does nothing new afaik. Cheers, Joost
Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato
On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 06:57:21PM +0200 or thereabouts, Joost Kooij wrote: [snip] The differences with cups are that cups implements the functionality of both the lpd and the filter in one, and that it has a gui for setting it up and managingthe printer queue. Apart from the gui, it does nothing new afaik. I may be wrong, but I thought CUPS' main feature was the implementation of the ipp (internet printing protocol) which will unify network based printing between different os', plattforms and devices. so long, Karsten -- Karsten Heymann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Netzwerkverwaltung [EMAIL PROTECTED] Forschungsstelle für ÖkosystemtechnikUniversität Kiel
how-to configure a printer on my potato
Hello: Could you tell me how-to configure a printer in my debian potato? What packages Should I install? Are there any doc ? The Printer is a HP Laser Jet 4050 N Thanks
Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato
Linuxero [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello: Could you tell me how-to configure a printer in my debian potato? What packages Should I install? Are there any doc ? The Printer is a HP Laser Jet 4050 N Thanks Aah. printers and Linux :) You should read the printing howto for a start. There are several packages for printing avaliable in Debian I prefer cupsys, cupsys-client and cupsys-driver-gimpprint which give v. good print out on my el-cheepo HP-DeskJet, other packages include (lpr | lprng) with (magicfilter | apsfilter) which I can't comment on but have also recieved praise from different users Cheers Joel
Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato
Linuxero [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked: Could you tell me how-to configure a printer in my debian potato? What packages Should I install? Are there any doc ? The Printer is a HP Laser Jet 4050 N 1) Make sure that your kernel supports the parallel port and printers on the parallel port. 2) There is a printer howto (www.linxdoc.org). 3) With package magicfilter you can create filters that handle your printer jobs. That means, if you send a file to the printer, magicfilters looks at the file type and converts the file automatically into a format that is suitable for your printer (eg PCL). 4) I have installed lpr and magicfilter and that runs fine. However, I understand that CUPS is a modern alternative for the two (am I right?) Paul Huygen
Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato
Quoting Joel Mayes on Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 01:04:27AM +1000: Linuxero [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello: Could you tell me how-to configure a printer in my debian potato? What packages Should I install? Are there any doc ? The Printer is a HP Laser Jet 4050 N Thanks Aah. printers and Linux :) You should read the printing howto for a start. There are several packages for printing avaliable in Debian I prefer cupsys, cupsys-client and cupsys-driver-gimpprint which give v. good print out on my el-cheepo HP-DeskJet, other packages include (lpr | lprng) with (magicfilter | apsfilter) which I can't comment on but have also recieved praise from different users Cheers Joel Another good printing resource is www.linuxprinting.org. Gives a good rundown of all the different printing methods and what they do, how to set them up, etc. -- Michael Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato
Joel Mayes wrote: Linuxero [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There are several packages for printing avaliable in Debian I prefer cupsys, cupsys-client and cupsys-driver-gimpprint which give v. good print out on my el-cheepo HP-DeskJet, Do you not use cupsomatic? That's the only way I could get cups to see my parallel port... and now I'm not even sure how I did that. I've got a HP DJ 932C, BTW.
Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato
On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 01:04:27AM +1000, Joel Mayes wrote: Could you tell me how-to configure a printer in my debian potato? What packages Should I install? Are there any doc ? The Printer is a HP Laser Jet 4050 N There is a CUPS howto at http://www.ebbs.com.au/~mark/cups-gimp-print.html CUPS is easy to administer as it has a web interface. But CUPS has (at least) one drawback - it does not have drivers for older printers. I was using it when I had an Epson Stylus 640 Colour. I switched to lpr when I got an older printer, a TI Microlaser Turbo. And CUPS can, sometimes, cause problems with your other start-up scripts to the extent that it stops your machine from booting. Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com
