Re: Print Drivers
On Sun, 2004-03-21 at 00:12, Chris Metzler wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:38:47 -0500 (EST)
> Krikket <krikket@gothpoodle.com> wrote:
> >
> > One thing I've been banging my head over is how do you load your
> > printer's drivers?
> >
> > I just did a Sarge install, and everything is pretty much working
> > exactly as I could have hoped. With the exception of the printer. I
> > don't know if I forgo to turn it on during the install, or if it just
> > doesn't cover this part...
> >
> > Any suggestions as to how I can get my printer working?
>
> What's the actual problem (i.e., in what way does your attempts to print
> fail)? What have you tried so far that hasn't worked? What have you
> read that didn't make sense? People write long, detailed HOWTOs and
> other documents about printing; without giving us some detail, it's hard
> to know what of all that to say.
>
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> -c
Another url that could be of interst is:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/
http://www.linuxprinting.org/linux-kongress-tutorial-2002.html
also
http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/ IF you have a hp deskjet (hint hpijs)
After you have read that and installed cups you are a full blown
print-guru.
Kenneth
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