Re: why cups so rarely works "out of the box"
On 12 Feb 2005, Richard Lyons wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 08:34:51AM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > On 11 Feb 2005, Richard Lyons wrote:
> > [snip]
> > >
> > > I am now looking for an alternative set of packages to replace cups
> > > and gimp-print, as many hours of effort have revealed nothing useful
> > > and I cannot print anything at all. Can anyone suggest a more reliable
> > > choice of packages?. I need at least to be able to connect an Epson C62
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > Have a look at magicfilter. I find that this works better than Cups for
> > me and is also easier to set up.
>
> Thanks Anthony, I shall have to give it a trial -- though I shall be
> sorry to lose the convenience of the cups browser interface, which is so
> easy for other users to work with.
>
> --
> richard
>
Yes, mine is a a single user system. However, magicfilter comes with
magicfilterconfig, which makes it very easy to set up.
Anthony
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