I got it printing by specifying the socket connection and then giving
the ip address of the printer. Thanks Smitty
Michael C. Rock
Systems Analyst
Registered Linux User # 287973
"The time has come the walrus said to speak of many things,,,"
"Christians give up what they cannot keep to gain what they cannot lose"
-----Original Message-----
From: slug@lists.nks.net [mailto:slug@lists.nks.net] On Behalf Of Smitty
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 12:43 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] CUPS question
On Monday 06 January 2003 11:28, you wrote:
> I am trying to learn CUPS. I have a local printer working and am able
> to send to a network printer via the spooler on the server (via my
> workstation). But the output through the spooler is only lines and
> lines of data. Not the test page I am looking for. Do I send
directly
> to the printer (Lexmark Optra S 1855) of use the spooler on the linux
> server? And why am I getting everything but the test page? I have
> changed the filter srom no filtering to PS1 to PS2 with the same
> results.
You would use the CUPS spooler on the server where CUPS is installed.
You may need to specify the full test page path and/or allow the test
page to
be printed by a user, so that would mean changing permissions.
Smitty
>
> Michael C. Rock
> Systems Analyst
> Registered Linux User # 287973
>
> "The time has come the walrus said to speak of many things,,,"
> "Christians give up what they cannot keep to gain what they cannot
lose"
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