Re: Re: [SLUG] Printer administration

From: Russell Hires (rhires@earthlink.net)
Date: Sun Jul 22 2001 - 22:15:38 EDT


KUPS doesn't connect to the server! ?? I don't get that. Linux will never
become popular at this rate. On the other hand, we're all just
beta-testers... :-)

Russell

On Monday 23 July 2001 10:47, you wrote:
> Well if you want to go through and install CUPS and install KUPS ( KDE
> Frontend ) it is very easy to install printers. It supports local printers
> including USB and also remote printers. I happen to prefer CUPS now
> because its very easy to setup and maintian O and also supports my printer
> alot better. Color is nice =)
>
> Jeff
>
> > This is very useful information. Thank you for it.
> >
> > However (there's always a however ... :-) , in using this wonderful
> > utility it doesn't have an option for USB printers...
> >
> > Can anyone help? I've got a PCI USB card that I got just for this
> > printer...
> >
> > Russell
> >
> > On Saturday 21 July 2001 13:05, you wrote:
> > > Interested sluggers:
> > > I have found a utility called xpdq to make it easier for novices to
> > > handle print jobs better than the berkeley lpr commands.
> > > I believe it comes with Mandrake 8, but also works with SuSE 7.1 and
> > > probably RedHat 7.1.
> > > The rpm is actually called pdq 2.2.1 and can be fetched from
> > > rpmfind.net Smitty
>
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