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From: john on 15 Nov 2009 18:52 When I changed to Slack 13 I first installed Cups. However several programs I use regularly, including Kmail, did not communicate properly with Cups. So a went back to lprng. This caused a further problem. I have two printers, both parallel port type, that work through an A/B switch. The Ricoh printer, a Postscript 3 compatible laser, is not a problem. But The Epson Stylus Color 880 ink jet needs a special driver. I turned to apsfilter to configure this printer. The current driver pips/sc880 doesn't work and the Apsfilter project seems to be moribund. There are no posts in the archives there since 2004. I need a way to configure something, Cups or Lprng or a player to be named later, so that I can use both printers and use them with all or most all of my programs. John Culleton
From: Dan C on 15 Nov 2009 21:40 On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:52:10 -0800, john(a)wexfordpress.com wrote: > When I changed to Slack 13 I first installed Cups. However several > programs I use regularly, including Kmail, did not communicate properly > with Cups. So a went back to lprng. > > This caused a further problem. I have two printers, both parallel port > type, that work through > an A/B switch. The Ricoh printer, a Postscript 3 compatible laser, is > not a problem. But > The Epson Stylus Color 880 ink jet needs a special driver. I turned to > apsfilter to configure this printer. The current driver pips/sc880 > doesn't work and the Apsfilter project seems to be moribund. There are > no posts in the archives there since 2004. > > I need a way to configure something, Cups or Lprng or a player to be > named later, so that I can use both printers and use them with all or > most all of my programs. > > John Culleton Haven't we already been through this, ad nauseum? Use CUPS. Install the proper PPD file for your printer. Done. -- "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". "Bother!" said Pooh, as he garotted another passing Liberal. Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/
From: john on 15 Nov 2009 23:50 On Nov 15, 9:40 pm, Dan C <youmustbejok...(a)lan.invalid> wrote: > On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:52:10 -0800, j...(a)wexfordpress.com wrote: > > When I changed to Slack 13 I first installed Cups. However several > > programs I use regularly, including Kmail, did not communicate properly > > with Cups. So a went back to lprng. > > > This caused a further problem. I have two printers, both parallel port > > type, that work through > > an A/B switch. The Ricoh printer, a Postscript 3 compatible laser, is > > not a problem. But > > The Epson Stylus Color 880 ink jet needs a special driver. I turned to > > apsfilter to configure this printer. The current driver pips/sc880 > > doesn't work and the Apsfilter project seems to be moribund. There are > > no posts in the archives there since 2004. > > > I need a way to configure something, Cups or Lprng or a player to be > > named later, so that I can use both printers and use them with all or > > most all of my programs. > > > John Culleton > > Haven't we already been through this, ad nauseum? > > Use CUPS. Install the proper PPD file for your printer. Done. > > -- > "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". > "Bother!" said Pooh, as he garotted another passing Liberal. > Usenet Improvement Project:http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ The proper ppd file won't help with the fact that Cups won't work with Kmail. JC
From: Aaron W. Hsu on 16 Nov 2009 01:24 "john(a)wexfordpress.com" <john(a)wexfordpress.com> writes: >The proper ppd file won't help with the fact that Cups won't work with >Kmail. If KMail can support lpr, then there is no reason why it can't support Cups. It might not support it in the normal way that most applications do, but you should be able to print via a command such as lpr, which is what you end up doing with lprng. That should work fine. Aaron W. Hsu
From: Res on 16 Nov 2009 02:26
what rubbish On Sun, 15 Nov 2009, john(a)wexfordpress.com wrote: > The proper ppd file won't help with the fact that Cups won't work with > Kmail. -- Res "What does Windows have that Linux doesn't?" - One hell of a lot of bugs! |