Re: [DNG] Printing -- now even pdf works. I have no idea why.

2016-04-23 Thread Rainer Weikusat
Didier Kryn writes: > Le 22/04/2016 22:24, Rainer Weikusat a écrit : >> Simon Hobson writes: >>> >Didier Kryn wrote: [...] >>> >FWIW I think the idea behind CUPS is a good one - though I haven't >>> >really fiddled with it. The idea of

Re: [DNG] Printing -- now even pdf works. I have no idea why.

2016-04-22 Thread Arnt Gulbrandsen
Didier Kryn writes: I don't remember lpr can present you a list of printers, telling where they are, which kind of paper, page size and double-side they handle, if they're ready to print and if they're lacking ink. Not all of this actually works well in Cups, but at least it has this

Re: [DNG] Printing -- now even pdf works. I have no idea why.

2016-04-22 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 22/04/2016 22:24, Rainer Weikusat a écrit : Simon Hobson writes: >Didier Kryn wrote: > >> You can configure cups through the web interface or by editing the config files. Editing the config files is easy, apart from understanding the meaning of

Re: [DNG] Printing -- now even pdf works. I have no idea why.

2016-04-22 Thread Rainer Weikusat
Simon Hobson writes: > Didier Kryn wrote: > >> You can configure cups through the web interface or by editing the config >> files. Editing the config files is easy, apart from understanding the >> meaning of the variables from their names. But there are

Re: [DNG] Printing -- now even pdf works. I have no idea why.

2016-04-22 Thread Simon Hobson
Didier Kryn wrote: > You can configure cups through the web interface or by editing the config > files. Editing the config files is easy, apart from understanding the meaning > of the variables from their names. But there are howtos. For one-time actions > like resuming

Re: [DNG] Printing -- now even pdf works. I have no idea why.

2016-04-22 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 22/04/2016 18:01, Simon Hobson a écrit : Gregory Nowak wrote: On a related note, I recently had to replace my almost 20-year-old hp laserJet 5l because the part that broke couldn't be replaced. So, I replaced it with a samsung m28253dw. I was struggling to configure

Re: [DNG] Printing -- now even pdf works. I have no idea why.

2016-04-22 Thread Simon Hobson
Gregory Nowak wrote: > On a related note, I recently had to replace my almost 20-year-old hp > laserJet 5l because the part that broke couldn't be replaced. So, I > replaced it with a samsung m28253dw. I was struggling to configure > everything how I wanted through a less than

Re: [DNG] Printing -- now even pdf works. I have no idea why.

2016-04-21 Thread Gregory Nowak
On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 07:05:06PM +, Noel Torres wrote: > Just curious... > > Why not using CUPS ? Too bulky and cumbersome. Go to a web interface. Follow link to install device. Choose device from a list ... I prefer to read up on the syntax of a config file or two, and just edit them, or

Re: [DNG] Printing -- now even pdf works. I have no idea why.

2016-04-21 Thread Noel Torres
Jaromil escribió: On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, Noel Torres wrote: Just curious... Why not using CUPS ? I've been using it since times' night with no issues. I use CUPS and i'm intrigued by the thread. I have two printers, one at home and one in the office. After I switched

Re: [DNG] Printing -- now even pdf works. I have no idea why.

2016-04-21 Thread Rainer Weikusat
Noel Torres writes: > Just curious... > > Why not using CUPS ? > > I've been using it since times' night with no issues. For me, the answer is that I see no benefit in getting accustomed with something as complicated (looking) as CUPS for as long as I don't want more than

Re: [DNG] Printing -- now even pdf works. I have no idea why.

2016-04-21 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 09:20:11PM +0200, Jaromil wrote: > On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, Noel Torres wrote: > > > Just curious... > > > > Why not using CUPS ? > > > > I've been using it since times' night with no issues. > > I use CUPS and i'm intrigued by the thread. > > I have two printers, one at

Re: [DNG] Printing -- now even pdf works. I have no idea why.

2016-04-21 Thread Jaromil
On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, Noel Torres wrote: > Just curious... > > Why not using CUPS ? > > I've been using it since times' night with no issues. I use CUPS and i'm intrigued by the thread. I have two printers, one at home and one in the office. After I switched to Devuan for all my personal

Re: [DNG] Printing -- now even pdf works. I have no idea why.

2016-04-21 Thread Noel Torres
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Re: [DNG] Printing -- now even pdf works. I have no idea why.

2016-04-21 Thread Rainer Weikusat
Hendrik Boom writes: [...] > HL3170CDW:\ > :mx=0:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hl3170cdw:\ > :sh:\ > :lp=POSTSCRIPT_P1@172.25.1.15:\ ^ This could be the magic fix as it's the name of a default Brother printer queue (for

Re: [DNG] Printing -- now even pdf works. I have no idea why.

2016-04-21 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 03:18:10PM +0100, Rainer Weikusat wrote: > Hendrik Boom writes: > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 05:43:10PM +0100, Rainer Weikusat wrote: > >> Hendrik Boom writes: > >> > >> [Brother printer] > >> > >> > I did manage to get the