On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 06:51:15PM +0000, Avtar Marwaha wrote: > On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 14:48, Avtar Marwaha wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 04:44, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > You will need the cupsys-server, cupsys-client, foomatic-db, pnm2ppa packages and >all of > > the necessary dependencies.
did that. > Download foomatic-db and foomatic-bin and their deps. did this as well > Then as root run > > foomatic-compiledb -t ppd pnm2ppa did that too > this will generate the necessary file in /etc/foomatic/ppd/ it did not! here is what my /etc/foomatic looks like: filter.conf > Then make a link in /usr/share/cups/model/ to the file > /etc/foomatic/ppd/HP-DeskJet_710C-pnm2ppa.ppd the command is > > ln -s /etc/foomatic/ppd/HP-DeskJet_710C-pnm2ppa.ppd > /usr/share/cups/model/HP-DeskJet_710C-pnm2ppa.ppd /usr/share/cups/model file already exists! do i still have to make the link? > > Restart cups: /etc/init.d/cupsys restart > > Then you will be able to use the web interface for cups to get the > printer configured. well, i went ahead and did lynx localhost:631 in second screen, it asks for device for hpdj710c. the options include appsocket hp jetdirect, etc. what do i choose here? i chose parellel port #1 (HEWLETT PACKARD 710C) then i chose make hp model 710c foomatic + pnm2ppa it says hpdj710c added successfully. when i say print test page, nothing happens!! it just keeps saying attempting to connect to host deshmukh.work on port 9100! thank for help sandip p deshmukh ------***-------- The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
