Thanks. I've had a look a CUPS but trying 'apt-get install cups'
gives me a response along the lines that there is no such package. Has it been debianised ? Adam Bogacki, [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 09:30:22PM -0700 or thereabouts, K. David Prince wrote: > Try using cups + cupsomatic. It's a complete replacement of lpd, etc. No > more printcap files and magic filters to worry about. I've installed it > on more than a dozen woody machines so far. Printers include HP LaserJet > 4000, HP LaserJet IIISi, HP LaserJet4SiMx, and the good old LaserJet 4m > machines. > > By the way, "Debian Unleashed" is my all time favorite Debian book, but, > alas, it is quite dated! I sent a note to the publisher and author to see > if an update will be out soon. I got no answer. Oh, well.... > > Good Luck, > Dave > > On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Adam Bogacki wrote: > > > > > Yep, I'm having the same problem. I'm running an EPSON Stylus Photo > > 700 under woody using printtool (which I thought had conflicted with > > LPRng when I tried to install what 'Debian Unleashed', 2000, described > > as "Debian's native printing model") ... If it is as simple as changing > > /dev/lp1 t /dev/lp0 it is worth trying. > > > > Regards, > > > > Adam Bogacki, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 05:48:34PM -0400 or thereabouts, Stephen Gran wrote: > > > Thus spake Sebastiaan: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Vittorio wrote: > > > > > > > > > While under potato I didn't have any difficulty to make my Epson > > > > > StylusColor 640 work using lpr and magicfilter, after installing woody > > > > > from scratch I cannot print any longer. > > > > > > > > > > I'm using -as usual - lpr & magicfilter. I've installed the right > > > > > filter using magicfilterconfig. To no avail! > > > > > > > > > > When I try for instance a "lpr /etc/motd" nothing happens. > > > > > > > > > > I've checked the connection with my printer issuing: > > > > > echo /etc/motd > /dev/lp > > > > > and the file is printed regularly. > > > > > > > > > > What should I check now to make the printer work? > > > > > > > > > Check /etc/printcap and try to figure out more with lpc (like 'lpc > > > > status > > > > all') if the file arrives at the spool dir. > > > > > > > > Greetz, > > > > Sebastiaan > > > > > > I don't know if this is your problem, but I seem to remeber that when I > > > upgraded, my printer port changed from /dev/lp1 to /dev/lp0 - again, I > > > don't know if that was a dist upgrade or a kernel upgrade, but it killed > > > my printing for a while until I figured it out. > > > HTH, > > > Steve > > > > > > -- > > > There but for the grace of God, goes God. > > > -- Winston Churchill, speaking of Sir Stafford Cripps. > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
