I had similar problems that I never managed to fix for almost a year, tinkering with it every so often...but with redhat 5.1, I believe I was able to use linuxconf to get my dj693 to print graphics, but not text...used emacs to do that. With debian, I used magicfilterconfig and had it printing text and graphics within a few minutes.
Maybe a collectively developed user manual would be a good idea. --Fred > In linux.debian.user, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >If you had shared the "stupid messages" with us here, perhaps > >somebody could have told you what they mean and how to fix the > >problem. Strange.. I don't recall you posting once. > > >You seem easy to convince. So go on back to your Happy Meal OS. > >If you can't bother asking for help with a problem, or bother reading > >the documentation, don't blame the OS for what you couldn't figure > >out on your own. > > Be fair about this: Edouard posted something controversial and angry: > so did I, when I tried to get printing working on this system. > Printing on single-user machines is a *nightmare* to set up, the docs > range from nearly useless to utterly useless, and while I did get > printing working even I don't really know what I did to fix the > problem. > > And I'm no newbie: this system had been running Linux for over a year > at that point, and I've managed LANs and such for years before that. > > I'm not a good enough programmer, but someone needs to generate a > simple printing package for single-user systems that doesn't require > insanely complex installation and configuration to use a Deskjet 500. > Sort of a "leafnode to inn" relationship with the various lpds we have > now. > -- > Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum > <http://dm.net> > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
