Subject: Re: Slackware vs Red Hat (or like distro)
From: Arthur Corliss (arthur@corlissfamily.org)
Date: Tue Feb 18 2003 - 13:54:53 AKST
On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, petezilla! wrote:
>
> Hello world,
> I've been using Slack 8.1 for the better part of year. I'm very happy
> with my distro of choice, I've been able to do everything I've wanted
> which has been quite a bit. I'm adding a computer for the other "zilla".
> She's grown accustomed to using KDE and would very much like to use
> Linux on this coming computer (makes me smile).
>
> The meat of the matter: she needs to use a printer. I've never
> configured a printer within Slackware before. I've never needed to. It
> all seems fine from the searches I've done on the web. Things sometimes
> aren't quite as smooth for me as I've read on the web. School's in
> session, so times's thin for fighting with problems.
>
> Basically, I'd like any information and/or warnings about certain
> printer brands and printer configurators within distros (particularly
> the two listed but if you feel another distro might be better please
> tell me). Thanks for any and all help/advice/war stories. : )
I don't know which lpd Slack comes with, but the older distro's use the normal
BSD lpr, and expected apsfilter (/usr/lib/apsfilter/SETUP or
/usr/share/apsfilter/SETUP) to do any printer-specific rasterisation. If
they've changed to lprng, the procedure might be a bit different.
If you do have the BSD lpr, just run the setup script mentioned above, and it
will add the printcap entry needed. Otherwise, read the lprng docs.
Sorry I can't provide much more help than that.
--Arthur Corliss
Bolverk's Lair -- http://arthur.corlissfamily.org/
Digital Mages -- http://www.digitalmages.com/
"Live Free or Die, the Only Way to Live" -- NH State Motto
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