According to Ed Sutherland, on Fri, 4 Jun 2004 02:37:01 +0000, >On Thursday 03 June 2004 18:40, Cedric Pradalier wrote: >> According to Ed Sutherland, on Thu, 3 Jun 2004 17:27:16 +0000, > >> >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? >> >> There is some permission to set in /etc/cups.conf, in order to have > >Yes. I thought CUPS was already installed - the reason the errors threw >me. I did 'apt-get install cupsys' and adding a printer became a simple >process. > >On the subject of printing: which printing system provides me the most >flexibility? CUPS is the easiest to configure and use. The lpr option >allowed me to set the output to greyscale (perfect since I mostly print >text) and draftmode. Printing from the console allows me to specify >page headers and other information. Is there a way to bring all those >options into CUPS? Thanks. > >Ed > >
You can install gtklp, a nice interface (a bit windows like) for sending stuff to cups. qtcups is fine also. -- Cedric "[Of course] I'm French! Why do think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king-a?!" Monty Python and the Holy Grail
