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Re: kde & printing
After the failure of cups on my system I moved back to lpr. So far I've
had no issues regarding printing using turboprint. All the applications
I tried use lpr. With my short attempt to get cups working it appears
applications still use lpr but calls to lpr are redirected to the cups
daemon. Turboprint is supposed to detect lpr/cups automatically. The
manual (html docs) is excellent in any case.
Rod
Steve Taetzsch wrote:
>
> Well, I couldn't resist, so I installed it. Installation was easy (just
> run the install script), and I have it printing the test page. I also
> brought up the config utility as a normal user. Overall, it looks very
> good so far, but I have not tried using it from applications yet. In
> fact, I haven't read the docs enough to know for sure if the
> applications will automatically use it or if I have to set a PRINTER
> environment variable.
>
> Maybe I will have time to play with it tonight. Uh oh, I shouldn't have
> said that. My wife says I'm "always playing with linux!" :-)
>
> Steve
>
> On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 20:17:56 -0500
> "Steve Taetzsch" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > 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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