Re: starting cups

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (04/11/05 06:06), Kent West wrote:
> Joe Zien wrote:
> > I installed deb 3.1 sarge and it is working fine but can't
> > print a test page.
> > On my libanet 2.8.1, a debian distro, when it boots up
> > "cupsys starting" is shown.
> > On sarge, the "cupsys starting" is not shown.
> > How do I start cupsys in sarge?
> 
> 
> You probably don't have cups installed.
> 
> I've never understood what needs to be installed for cups, but I think
> I've had success with:
> 
>     #aptitude install cupsys foomatic-filters-ppds cupsys-driver-gimpprint

I've always found this mini-Howto useful in reminding me what packages
and steps you need:
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing.html

Regards

Clive

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