Re: YACDQ (Yet Another CUPS Dummy Question)
On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 12:34:10AM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> Paul E Condon wrote:
> >Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:01:42 -0700
> >To: debian-users@lists.debian.org
> >Subject: YACDQ (Yet Another CUPS Dummy Question)
> >
> >I have (with valuable help from this list) succeeded in setting up a
> >CUPS server on my local server (Debian) box. I know it is working
> >because I can print to it from my wife's iMac. But I want to print to
> >if from my desktop Debian machine also. What do I need to install on
> >my desktop machine to set up printing over the LAN to this server?
> >
> >Or is it a question of adjusting config files? Or what?
> >
> >Or maybe I don't know it is working because the access might be via
> >netatalk, which I have had working for many years. In which case, what
> >do I do to test network printing other than set up whatever is called
> >for by my first question?
> >
>
> You should point your machine at ipp://localhost[:port]. If you have
> old apps that try to use lpr (like xpdf) then you need cupsys-bsd for
> compatibility.
>
> -Roberto
OK. But what does 'point your machine' mean? Prior to this adventure, I
had a printer plugged into the parallel port of my desktop machine. Now
I don't. What is the name of the pointing software? What package contains
it? I really am a dummy on this issue. (And what is ipp: ? Into what
user interface do I type this string?
But thanks, even though I am thoroughly confused.
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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