On (28/07/05 09:54), Don Jackson wrote: > 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.
Thanks I've tended to google for this when the question comes up; I'll bookmark this one. Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
