On Saturday 01 July 2006 15:40, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > FWIW, I set this up before I read the conventional wisdom that one should > > not > > mix cups configuration and system-config-printer. I used both tools, and > > have had no problems. HTH > > You are very lucky. > CUPS is great when it is working. > When it is not working it is a nightmare. > The Fedora tools (like system-config-printer) don't work properly, > and the CUPS documentation was written by cyborgs. > Perhaps I was :-) but it worked for me! > Incidentally, you didn't mention /etc/cups/printers.conf . > I have the line > DeviceURI ipp://alfred:631/printers/lj > in printers.conf on my laptop. > (My desktop, to which the printer is attached, is called "alfred".) > Here's the whole of it from the server: /etc/cups/printers.conf # Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.23 # Written by cupsd on Fri 23 Jun 2006 02:14:55 PM BST <DefaultPrinter Printer> DeviceURI usb:/dev/usb/lp0 Location Default printer Info Default printer State Idle Accepting Yes JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 </Printer> <Printer Draft> DeviceURI usb:/dev/usb/lp0 Location Four pages on 1 sheet Info Four pages on 1 sheet State Idle Accepting Yes JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 </Printer> <Printer Photo> DeviceURI usb:/dev/usb/lp0 Location Gloss paper, hi-res, no duplex Info Gloss paper, hi-res, no duplex State Idle Accepting Yes JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 </Printer> <Printer deskjet-990c--1> DeviceURI hal:///org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_3f0_3304_ES1271D1TZLG_if0_printer_ES1271D1TZLG State Idle Accepting Yes JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 </Printer> This allows me to use kprinter from any app, selecting the configuration I need, although they all refer to the same physical printer. /etc/cups/printer.conf on the client boxes is, of course, empty apart from comments. Anne
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