Subject: Re: CUPS on Debian Woody
From: Damien Hull (dhull@digitaloverload.net)
Date: Sun Mar 30 2003 - 21:36:53 AKST
Looks easy enough. I'll give it a try some time this week.
I was able to get the printer working by "apt-get remove cupsys" and
"apt-get install gnulpr".
On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 20:57, Fielder George Dowding wrote:
> Greetings Damien;
>
> First: get rid of all the old print stuff: daemons, utilities,
> printcap, etc. etc.... (including CUPS).
>
> I am not familliar with installing CUPS from source. The Debian
> (dselect) install includes print utilities that look and act like
> the old SVR4 "lp" and friends as well as the BSD "lpr" and friends.
> I assume a source install will have all these goodies also. The
> reason is so the sysadmin doesn't have to change all the scripts,
> applications, and cli habits to some new way of calling the print
> server system. However, if the oldies are lurking about, the outcome
> is undefined.
>
> Second: do a clean re-install of CUPS. I used the cli to find out if
> CUPS was installed properly and the daemon was running. I think one
> may go directly to the browser/httpd interface to do the same, but I
> am probably more paranoid than you youngsters.
>
> Third: set up a printer class. The instructions claim one may just
> set up a printer without first setting up a class. The recent code
> seems to be much more stable and bug free than a year or so ago.
> However, I make it a point to set up a class first. I am sure I am
> more paranoid than you youngsters.
>
> Fourth: set up the printer within the class. You may have to search
> for the proper driver (PPD) for the brand and model of printer. You
> can start at http://www.cups.org/ but sooner or later you will
> probably end up at http://www.linuxprinting.org/ Note that this last
> URL covers all kinds of print thingys for Linux.
>
> I assume you have GhostScript and friends installed. You may find
> some information on the Epson site.
>
> Caveat: Windows printers drivers are still scarce as hen's teeth.
>
> Cheerio! fgd.
>
> On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 00:59:23
> "dhull" <dhull@digitaloverload.net> wrote:
>
> > I installed cups from source but it's not working. I've tried
> > installing cups before but never had any luck.
> >
> > Printer: Epson Stylus Color
> >
> > Here's what I did
> > 1. Installed cups from source
> > 2. started cupsd
> > 3. Went to the web interface and added Epson Stylus color
> > 4. Tryed to print a test page
> >
> > Here's what I got
> > 1. NOTHING!
> > 2. The print job was cancled as soon as I tried to print it
> >
> > Can someone tell me how to gett it working?
> >
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