Re: what user and password for cups
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:26 +0100, "Anthony Campbell"
<ac@acampbell.org.uk> wrote:
> On 13 Jun 2009, gcrimp@vcn.bc.ca wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've just installed cups to manage an HP Laserjet 6P. It web
> > interface finds the printer everything is peachy until I select
> > a driver and click on "Add Printer". At that point I am
> > prompted for a username and a password.
> >
> [snip]
>
> Not a direct answer to your question, I'm afraid, but I have always
> found cups to be a nightmare. I much prefer lprng + magicfilter, which
> is trivially easy to set up and works perfectly for me both for native
> and remote printing on the network.
>
Cups is daunting, I agree, but I didn't find lprng any less so,
though I haven't used it in probably 10 years or more. The syntax
of the configuration files is difficult and the documentation opâque
and rather sparse. I'd probably give lprng another try except that
cups seems to be the de facto standard and better supported in terms
of documentation.
will
--
whollygoat@letterboxes.org
--
http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web
Reply to: