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Re: kde & printing



I've downloaded it but haven't had time to install it yet. I know, I know,
it's easy!!!! But I'm also shell shocked when it comes to printers. I always
plan on extra fiddling time after installing. Hopefully, this time I'm wrong.
It might be a few days before I get back on that system.

Steve

On Tue, 01 Jan 2002 15:39:15 -0400
"rod" <[email protected]> wrote:

> The daemon was running but nothing else worked. I coun't find a way to
> set up a printer. There appeared to be a lot of missing files although
> both apt-get and dpkg said everything was installed ok. I ended up
> purging cups and re-installing magicfilter so I can at least print from
> some programs.
> 
> After reading Steve's post I downloaded turboprint but have yet to
> install it. I was waiting to see what Steve's results were. After trying
> an upgrade of magicfilter and printtool and then trying cups I was in no
> hurry to spend more time until I had some indication it wasn't a waste
> of time.
> 
> The printer manager in kde 2.2.2 is a bit confusing also. It defaults to
> generic but the printers also show up under lpr something or other. At
> least I can see the details for the installed printer under that
> section/grouping. Not sure what setting it should be on. I can print a
> test page using the print manager but still have problems with kde apps.
> 
> Rod
> 
> Nick Baird wrote:
> > 
> > CUPS runs as a daemon in the background.  Does it start when
> > you boot up?
> > 
> > I've had a lot of success with CUPS on my 970Cxi, both on it's
> > own and lately configured through kde 2.2.x.
> > 
> > Nick.
> > 
> > On Monday 31 December 2001 5:51 pm, rod wrote:
> > > Well, I installed the packages you listed below. Everything
> > > is supposed to be installed ok but I can't set up a printer.
> > > lpinfo doesn't work. It stalls out no matter what switches I
> > > use. The browser times out using http://localhost:631/admin.
> > > None of the links in
> > > /usr/doc/cupsys/index.html are valid. What now?
> > >
> > > Rod
> > >
> > > Steve Taetzsch wrote:
> > > > I have a HP 932C and ended up using cups. These are the
> > > > cups packages on my system. I don't know if they came out
> > > > of woody or sid though. Cups has been working well.
> > > >
> > > > ii  cupsys         1.1.10-4       Common UNIX Printing
> > > > System(tm) - server ii  cupsys-bsd     1.1.10-4
> > > > Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD comman ii
> > > > cupsys-client  1.1.10-4       Common UNIX Printing
> > > > System(tm) - client pro ii  cupsys-pstoras 1.1.10-4
> > > > Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - pstoraster ii
> > > > kdelibs3-cups  2.2.1-14       KDE print system (CUPS
> > > > support) ii  libcupsys2     1.1.10-4       Common UNIX
> > > > Printing System(tm) - libs ii  libqtcups2     2.0-4
> > > >  Qt interface library for CUPS ii  qtcups         2.0-4
> > > >      Qt front-end for CUPS.
> > > >
> > > > Steve
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 14:38:17 -0400
> > > >
> > > > "rod" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > Any ideas on how to set up a printer (hp930c) after
> > > > > upgrading kde to 2.2.2. Had it all working before upgrade
> > > > > using magicfilter but can't print at all now. Is there a
> > > > > package which contains printer drivers. The new printer
> > > > > setup tool in kcontrol doesn't tell you much.
> > > > >
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