> > Which mostly works out of the box. You install the packages (cupsys, the > > cupsomatic/foomatic stuff, etc, maybe a task or meta package for this > > should be good), you browse localhost:631, and add a printer. 5 mouse > > clicks, and voila your printer is working (well works fine for my > > samsung ML1210 at least). > > I tried localhost:631 from Konqueror and Lynx...both no-go. Lynx reports > "Unable to connect to remote host." Konqueror says "Error while loading > "http://localhost:631";. How do I get past these errors?
You need to install the cupsys cupsomatic/foomatic packages as he details above. Once these packages are installed cups will set up a server which listens on that port and you can configure from the web interface. Lakin
