On Tuesday 10 October 2006 07:31 pm, William Case wrote: Sorry to middle post but I will answer a couple of your questions> Hi all; > > Here I am screwing around with printers again. I have a couple of > points I would like to make in case anyone is reading this. > > First, perhaps a bit defensively, I am not a complete newbie, and in > fact, in my 2-3 years using Linux I have accomplished quiet a lot and > learnt quiet a lot. However, printers have been the bane of my > existence over the last few years. I have spent time in Linuxprinting, > have read all the CUPS manuals and several RedHat/Fedora installation > guides and I still get baffled; so here goes: > > FC5 has both their own printer-config gui and supplies the CUPS > http://name/631/ thingy. Which takes prescedence? If I am playing > around trying to get a printer configured which do I use? If temptation > gets the better of me and I play with both which config dominates? > > I got the bit about hpijs being a driver for some HP's and contained > within HPLIP but why does CUPS have HPLIP - fax (how fax gets into it I > don't know) and the Fedora printer-config only has hpijs? Because HPLIPS was developed for the HP All in one [print Scan Copy Fax units > One set of instructions said that HPLIP can get things like cartridge levels which > is a feature of my HP PSC 1315 and shows them in my 'device manager'. > What is my device manager?. When you install HPLIPS it also installs a HP specific device manager applet > Why does the config-printer-daemon keep > screwing up my settings and giving me a completely new set of queue > paths that have nothing to do with my computer and a printer name (of > its own choosing) that is longer than 18 characters -- the supposed name > length restriction? > > How am I supposed to choose between installed locally? and a set of > network choices that might be construed as at least half true for my > setup? I really can go on and on about the ambiguity and confusion that > I have experienced with printers; HPs, Ebsons and Canons. If anyone who > can effect change is interested I'll take the time to document all of my > various misunderstandings and confusions. > > As for now, I will try and get my printer working. It quit this > morning; I posted to the list asking for help. It started printing > again this afternoon (why?); posted this list cancelling my post. Went > out this evening and now it doesn't work again. Haven't touched it. > > It works without a burp in Windows??? Just what printer do you have ? > > -- > Regards Bill -- Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice Doggy" While you look for a rock..Will Rodgers
