Clive Menzies wrote: > On (27/07/05 22:26), Kent West wrote: >>I think printing is still pretty much a nightmare in Linux. >> >>What I do, is to install cups (aptitude install cupsys - I always have >>to install printer drivers also, but I never can remember (the name of >>the package is non-intuitive, something like foomatic-db-gimp-print - >>why is "gimp" in there?!!!!). >> >>Then point your web browser to "http://localhost:631/admin"; and you >>should be able to figure it out from there. >> >>(Why is there no man page for cups or cupsys?!!! Why is it so hard to >>find the :631 reference?!! Why is the documentation wrong when it does >>mention 631?!! (Recently you've had to add the /admin portion, which is >>not referenced in /usr/share/doc/Readme.txt.gz Otherwise you get >>nothing)?!! Okay, I'm finished with my rant, except to say that printing >>still sucks on Linux!!) > > > Wow! You really are p*ssed ;) > > Yep. I found trying to do anything IPP (via KDE) a nightmare and as for > xprint ..... > > The one document that seems to get me up and running painlessly (using > cups) is this one: > http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing.html > > .... not given me a headache yet. > > In my exprerience, printing can be a pain in any operating system when > it goes wrong. I recall hours of fun with Mac OS8/9. > > Regards > > Clive >
Hi Clive and Kent, There's an updated version of the mini-howto you referenced above found at: http://excess.org/docs/linux_windows_printing.html I am painfully going through the same nightmare here and after calming down a day or so from brain overload, I might have to ask for more specific help in trying to just print from one Debian box to another. Don -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
