On 14 Jun 2009, whollyg...@letterboxes.org wrote: > On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:26 +0100, "Anthony Campbell" > <a...@acampbell.org.uk> wrote: > > On 13 Jun 2009, gcr...@vcn.bc.ca wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've just installed cups to manage an HP Laserjet 6P. It web > > > interface finds the printer everything is peachy until I select > > > a driver and click on "Add Printer". At that point I am > > > prompted for a username and a password. > > > > > [snip] > > > > Not a direct answer to your question, I'm afraid, but I have always > > found cups to be a nightmare. I much prefer lprng + magicfilter, which > > is trivially easy to set up and works perfectly for me both for native > > and remote printing on the network. > > > > Cups is daunting, I agree, but I didn't find lprng any less so, > though I haven't used it in probably 10 years or more. The syntax > of the configuration files is difficult and the documentation opâque > and rather sparse. I'd probably give lprng another try except that > cups seems to be the de facto standard and better supported in terms > of documentation. > > will
Yes, give it another go. My experience of lprng in the past was similar to yours and I atayed with old-fashioned lpd/lpr, but a few months ago I installed lprng more or less by accident and found it to be no problem to set up at all. I don't know about cups being the standard, but for me magicfilter has always worked perfectly so I'm very glad it still exists. I suppose there may be printers it doesn't support but it's always worked for mine. I recently bought a Samsung laser printer and the first filter I tried (ljet4) worked instantly, Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
