Re: how-to configure a printer on my potato
Quoting Joel Mayes on Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 01:04:27AM +1000:
> "Linuxero" <linuxero2@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > Hello:
> >
> > Could you tell me how-to configure a printer in my debian potato?
> > What packages Should I install? Are there any doc ?
> > The Printer is a HP Laser Jet 4050 N
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
> Aah. printers and Linux :)
>
> You should read the printing howto for a start.
>
> There are several packages for printing avaliable in Debian
> I prefer cupsys, cupsys-client and cupsys-driver-gimpprint
> which give v. good print out on my el-cheepo HP-DeskJet,
>
> other packages include (lpr | lprng) with (magicfilter | apsfilter)
> which I can't comment on but have also recieved praise from different
> users
>
> Cheers
>
> Joel
>
Another good printing resource is www.linuxprinting.org. Gives a good
rundown of all the different printing methods and what they do, how to set
them up, etc.
--
Michael Perry
mperry@tsoft.com
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