peter colton wrote:
On Wednesday 13 July 2005 16:46, Clive Menzies wrote:
On (13/07/05 13:19), michael wrote:
On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 06:28 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote:
michael wrote:
On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 05:32 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote:
Dear friends:
I've spent the past hour searching in Google for articles that will
explain to me how to install my printer in Debian 3.1. I'm
literally 99% of the way there.
First, I found out that Debian 3.1 does not include the CUPS server
by default. So, I downloaded that via Synaptic. Then I downloaded
hp-ppd (for my Okipage 14e, which uses HP Laserjet 4 emulation).
Then, I found out that I need the gimp-print foomatic files, so I
downloaded them as well as other gimp files dependent on them. I
then went logged out and logged back in as root and configured the
printer in Kprinter (KDE Control Center, Peripherals).
Configuration was a total success, and at the end of it all I saw
my Okipage printer listed at the top of the printers. So what's
wrong? Well, when I tried to print a test page, it said: "print
test successflly sent to the printer", but so far no actual
printing. My guess is that I am just one step away from actually
printing, but I am at a loss as to what is holding things up.
Would appreciate your help in resolving this issue.
look in /var/log/cups files
Dear Michael and friends:
Thanks so much for the tip. Here is the output of error_log.
I couldn't see anything there that helped me. Can you confirm that your
printer did flash some lights to show it was receiving data and that you
did send the correct page size and didn't press any 'cancel' button on
the printer?
You should also check www.linuxprinting.org, particularly the
fora/discussions for your specific printer.
Did you follow:
http://excess.org/docs/linux_windows_printing.html
Every printer I've set up using it was pretty painless. You need the
following packages. 'cupsys-bsd' is important and before changing
anything make sure it's installed.
cupsys
cupsys-bsd
cupsys-client
foomatic-bin
samba
smbclient
Regards
Clive
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hello Michael ,
have look at the link below for the packages you need to install for
cups. I did not use the install the Recommended packages and all work well.
http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-install.en.html#s-cups
bye for now.
peter colton
Dear friends:
I am still struggling with making my printer work. I installed all of
the cups files instructed to both by our list members and online at:
http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-install.en.html#s-cups
I then tried to configure my printer online. Once again, I am told that
the print test was sent successfully to the printer but the printer has
so far not printed anything. Please see screenshots:
http://www.websher.net/temp/printer1.jpg
http://www.websher.net/temp/printer2.jpg
Thank you.
Benjamin
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