Re: printing with cups

From: Andrea Vettorello (andrea.vettorello_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/31/04

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    On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 22:25:29 +0200, Christian Christmann
    <plfriko@yahoo.de> wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > I'm trying to install my HP printer with cups on my sarge box.
    > As mentioned in the documentation I use the command
    > '/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p LaserJet6L -E -v parallel:/dev/lp0 -m
    > /usr/share/cups/model/HP-LaserJet_6L-hpijs.ppd' and get
    > the message:
    > "lpadmin: add-printer (set device) failed: client-error-not-possible"
    >
    > The ppd file exists in the mentioned directory. I suppose that my
    > parallel port doesn't work properly. How can I check it?
    > Or is something else wrong with cups?
    >

    If you have the correct Cups packages installed, at least cupsys and
    cupsys-client but i suggest to check if you have cupsys-bsd
    cupsys-driver-gimpprint and cupsys-driver-gimpprint-data, and to
    configure the printer in the easy way is to open your browser to
    http://localhost:631 and proceed from there.

    Not all the options are available via the web interface, but for a
    simple scenario, like a printer attached directly to a pc, is enough.

    For parallel interface, look if the kernel module is loaded without
    error messages, and IIRC, your user need to be in the "lp" group to
    use the printer...

    Andrea 

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