On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 06:14:12AM -0500, Tom Allison wrote:
| Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
| >I would first install the 'cupsys' package. Then add a local queue
| >for the printer (use either the lpadmin command or the web interface
| >which you'll find at http://localhost:631/). Specify the correct
| >model so that data conversions work correctly. As for the device URI
| >you have a couple of choices :
| > lpd://<hostname>/<printername>
| > ipp://<hostname>:631/ipp/port1
| > socket://<hostname>:9100/
[...]
| I started to try this approach and died here:
|
| Setting up cupsys (1.1.15-4) ...
| Starting CUPSys: cupsd.
So far so good.
| tallison@penguin:~$ sudo foomatic-configure -s cups -n FS1900 -c
| socket://192.168.0.100:9100 -p Kyocera-FS-1900 -d Postscript
| Password:
| Cannot read printers.conf file!
Umm, hmm. First of all, I have no idea what 'foomatic-configure' is
or what it is supposed to do. (actually I have a guess, but the point
is that I have never used it and don't know how it is supposed to be
used or how it is supposed to work)
What I do notice is that you didn't configure cups after installing
the package. Use the 'lpadmin' command, or point a browser to
http://localhost:631/ and add a printer.
[...]
| pn cupsomatic-ppd <none> (no description available)
| pn cupsys-driver- <none> (no description available)
| pn cupsys-pstoras <none> (no description available)
| in cupsys-pt <none> (no description available)
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------
You might want to install some or all of these packages because they
contain additional drivers to choose from when creating a printer
queue.
| Where does the printer.conf file come into play?
It is managed by the cupsd daemon and modified via the 'lpadmin'
command or the web interface. I suppose (but don't have a system to
experiment with) that the file doesn't exist until you create a
printer queue. On my system it is an apache-config-style file which
contains the configuration for all the printer (not class) queues.
Taking a look at my system, I have the following (related) printer
drivers available :
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Kyocera F-800T, Foomatic + ljetplus (en) │
│ Kyocera F-1010, Foomatic + laserjet (en) │
│ Kyocera F-3300, Foomatic + ljetplus (en) │
│ Kyocera FS-600 (KPDL-2), Foomatic + Postscript (en) │
│ Kyocera FS-600, Foomatic + ljet4 (en) │
│ Kyocera FS-680, Foomatic + ljet4 (en) │
│ Kyocera FS-800, Foomatic + Postscript (en) │
│ Kyocera FS-1000, Foomatic + ljet4 (en) │
│ Kyocera FS-1200, Foomatic + Postscript (en) │
│ Kyocera FS-1700+, Foomatic + Postscript (en) │
│ Kyocera FS-1750, Foomatic + Postscript (en) │
│ Kyocera FS-3500, Foomatic + laserjet (en) │
│ Kyocera FS-3500, Foomatic + ljet3 (en) │
│ Kyocera FS-3750, Foomatic + lj5gray (en) │
│ Kyocera FS-3750, Foomatic + ljet4 (en) │
│ Kyocera FS-3750, Foomatic + pxlmono (en) │
│ Kyocera FS-5900C, Foomatic + Postscript (en) │
│ Kyocera P-2000, Foomatic + ljetplus (en) │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
(that's a partial screen shot of elinks browsing the cups web interface)
HTH,
-D
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