On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 20:43, Nick Croft wrote: > Strangely, the -d option gives an answer: > > @BDC ST > ST:04; > > which I hope refers to STylus.
Yeah, I guess that parallel ports don't support the kind of info yu can get from USB. > > I'm wondering if for anything more useful, I need to use lppasswd or other > options in the cups.conf file. Shouldn't as it gets the info from the raw device (hence the root access) so bypasses CUPS altogether. > > I like CUPS. But I think that there's a way to go with it before it is > understandable to the average IT professional. Generally, I find it's pretty easy to use. You should check out foomatic and especially foomatic-gui. It's really easy and uses the linux-printing DB so you have access to the latest FOSS printing information. > I'm using the parallel port connection, fwiw. Could't face the prospect of > the additional problems usb might bring. Mostly just plug and play as far as printers go :-) Though at the moment I have a nice conflict with that and my winmodem driver! > > > > HTH. > Yes, it did. > > Nick -- Simon Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wongy.org -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
