Re: repost - printing - help please
On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 04:44, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> hello all!
>
> my umpteen number of attempts to set my printer have been unsuccessful.
>
> here is the set-up:
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> computer is running on woody 3.0
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> hp deskjet 710c printer is connected to it on lpt1 (i am using windows nomenclature)
>
> i tried reading linuxprinting.org - could not unsderstand much
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> here is what confuses me:
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> lpd, lpr-ppd, lprng, cups, /dev/lp0 - too too confusing.
>
> what i really want to do is this:
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> set-up a printer (i miss windows 'add printer wizard')
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> be able to print basic documents from my shell and X
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> is it really so difficult? could someone post simple to understand list of instructions?
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> thanx in advance
>
> sandip p deshmukh
> ------***--------
>
> In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present.
Hi
The easiest way to setup the printer is to use CUPS. You will need the
cupsys-server, cupsys-client, foomatic-db, pnm2ppa packages and all of
the necessary dependencies.
Once you have them installed copy and rename the file
/etc/ppa/pnm2ppa.conf.hp720 to /etc/pnm2ppa.conf
Then in a web rrowser connect to http://localhost:631/ Once there setup
the printer using "do admin tasks" -> "add printer" and then follow the
screens, the printer will be in the lists and it should work once CUPS
is setup.
HTH
Avtar
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