On 5/30/07, Anthony Caufield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I need to setup printers on a redhat linux box. I have copied setup the .drv file but I don't know what or how to setup the null device for the printer. I am going off of how printers are currently setup on this box. Sorry forgot unix/linux been using windows where this is easy.
I just setup a couple printers on a Linux box that we're building for our new dev environment yesterday so this is fresh in my mind. The first question that I have is the printer a local (LPT1) printer or network-attached using TCP/IP? Does the printer have a print server attached to it such as an HP JetDirect device? If you've answered 'yes' to both these questions, I suggest you look into CUPS which stands for Common UNIX Print System. it's available for download (at no cost) at http://www.cups.org/ and there's also documentation on setup and configuration as well. Also, something else you might check into for administering other components & services of your Linux box is Webmin.(http://www.webmin.com/). You can even integrate the Printer Administration module within Webmin to maintain the CUPS configuration rather than relying on the standard cups admin page served by default at http://localhost:631 once cupsd is running. Regards, Andy Pflueger ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
