Jianan Huang wrote:
Hi folks,When I want to do my first printing, I discovered that 'lpr' is not recognised. So I do a 'apt-get install lpr'. Then I do a 'lpr <filename>' to try my luck. Only one line was printed at the top of the paper. The documentation mentioned that 'printcap' holds the database for printers. Looking through 'printcap', its only a short script.How do I get the driver (or any other necessary software), to starting with my HP deskjet?
I haven't used it but there's a package called "printtool" which is supposed to help you configure.
magicfilter is another possibility -- that's what I used but I can't remember if I did my original setup with magicfilterconfig or manually
BTW, /etc/printcap does not need to be very long -- mine is: lp|hpdj670c|HP DeskJet 670C:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hpdj670c:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/dj690c-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:But I don't use it any more because I switched to CUPS. That has a web configuration front-end.
apt-get install cupsys cupsys-bsd and apt-get install cupsys-driver-gimpprint which has graphics drivers for photo printing then http://localhost:631/ to configure -- Andrew
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