On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 06:55:05PM -0700, Tim Grogan wrote: | Hello all, | | I've researched all the lists and how-to's and have gotten thoroughly confused. | I've also loaded lpr, lprng, printtool and numerous other programs trying to | to configure a printer, so I'm asking all the print experts for some advise. | I'm running woody 2.2.20 and want to print to an hp laserjet 6p using a D-link | print server connected directly to the printer. The printer and D-link work | great with windows nt and 2000 but I'm having a terrible time trying to get it | to work with my mac os/x and linux box. HELP!!! Install CUPS. If the print box's name is hp16 use the device uri lpd://hp16/L1. (at least, that's the path for a 2-printer netgear box here at work) In the setup pick the proper PPD file for that printer. It will work fine; hp laserjets are good and support PostScript (as well as PCL). HTH, -D -- Yes, Java is so bulletproofed that to a C programmer it feels like being in a straightjacket, but it's a really comfy and warm straightjacket, and the world would be a safer place if everyone was straightjacketed most of the time. -- Mark 'Kamikaze' Hughes GnuPG key : http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/public_key.gpg
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