Re: KDE, CUPS and USB printer

[Hendrik Sattler <ubq7@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de>]

Am Freitag, 1. Juli 2005 22:05 schrieb Lawrence Williams:
> Normally if you are using a recent kernel ( anything newer than say 2.4.20
> ), simply installing hotplug ( and udev, though it isn't necessary ) should
> be all you need. It will pickup the printer and load the needed modules (
> usblp and stuff ).
>
> Here's what to do.
>
> 1) Install hotplug, cups and the gimp-print printer info files ( good for
> high-quality printing )
>
> apt-get install hotplug cupsys cupsys-client cupsys-driver-gimpprint
>
> 2) Restart ( reboot ) your computer

And turn the printer on before CUPS starts! If not, the printer queue will not 
be started and will not be enabled (see cupsenable and cupsaccept).
I solved this with a hotplug script.

HS