Re: Printer problems

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (27/06/05 06:09), Strake wrote:
> On 6/26/05, hacker <golfbuf@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On 6/26/05, Strake <strake888@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > HP PSC 1350 all-in-one. Connected using USB. I tried printing with both 
> > lpr
> > > and Firefox (neither works).
> > 
> > Are you using cups? Did you install the cupsys-client in addition to
> > the cupsys package?
> > 
> > Could be a permission problem with your /dev/usb/lp0 port .. try
> > 'chmod 666 /dev/usb/lp0' and see if that helps. Also, you can 
> > 'adduser <username> lpadmin' and reboot. If you're running a 2.6
> > kernel with udev enabled, you'll have to modify some
> > /etc/udev/..files.. to get the changed permissions to come back on the
> > next boot.
> > 
> > regards,
> > 
> > 
> I installed cupsys and cupsys-client and tried printing as root (using the 
> lpr command) but the same thing happens - it gets stuck on the spool.

Have a look at:
Debian and Windows Shared Printing mini-HOWTO
http://excess.org/docs/linux_windows_printing.html

Although it talks about windows, the cups info is great irrespective of
networking with Windows PCs.

Regards

Clive

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