Printer frustrations
Hmmm ... I started looking more into printers, in the hope that I could
get a real print system going with my DJ1120c.
First, I saw how the HOWTO advised pdq. Installed that -- didn't see
support for the DJ1120c, and started to look more. Then I noticed that
some parts said that this was hugely calculation intensive, and xpdq
really wasn't advised, especially for big jobs. Might be nice to do big
jobs, since I often actually do so from my MAC.
So I looked more, saw CUPS was advised. So I unloaded xpdq, and
installed CUPS. Noticed that CUPS has its own KDE files, as well --
nice. At the same time, I installed hpijs (useful).
So at this point, technically I should be able to print using Ghostview
-- but that is such a long command line to have to type each time.
So I then logged out of KDE and back in, to bring CUPS together -- no
dice. Tried gv with lp set (as I understand, lp *is* CUPS). No dice.
Checked into the KDE control panels, tried to install something -- no
dice.
I honestly have no idea what I am doing here. I've been over to
linuxprinting.org, and I've read the CUPS documentation, though it's not
extremely clear to me.
Anyone have suggestions on how I can bring a nice print spooler + hpijs
frontend up to speed?
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