Re: Cups 1.0.5

[David Wright <d.wright@open.ac.uk>]

Quoting Alan Tam (alantam@netscape.net):
> Then I followed the steps
>     1. [bash] lpstat -o Enter ==> nothing comes out
>     2. [bash] cupsd& Enter

                     ^
The & puts that job in the background. See man bash,
section called JOB CONTROL.

>                            ==> [1] 523 (I've tried a few times, some are
> 629, 1003)

523 is the process id of the job (number 1) you just started.

>     3. [bash] lpstat -o Enter ==> [1]+   Exit 98    cupsd

                     job number 1 ---^
                     return code/value/status ---^
                                        program name ---^

e.g.
david 18:07 ~
$ false &
[1] 22099
david 18:07 ~
[1]+  Exit 1                  false
$ true &
[1] 22105
david 18:07 ~
[1]+  Done                    true
$ 

> (I've win98 on the same disk)

Coincidental.

> Then I try to add the printer by doing
>     [bash] lpadmin -dHewlett Packard Deskjet 660C -vparallel:/dev/lp1

                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Does that need quotes? (I have no idea, not running cups.)

Cheers,

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