On mar, 2008-03-25 at 09:16 -0700, David Witbrodt wrote: > Package: xfprint4 > Version: 4.4.2-1~bpo40+2 > Severity: normal > > > I have been configuring my printer, an old HP DeskJet > 6122 inkjet model, to work on Etch. After > successfully setting up the printer with the CUPS web > interface, and configuring 'lpoptions' so that 'lp' > and 'lpr' have nice-looking output, I then moved on to > configuring GUI > apps. I use XFCE4 instead of Gnome or KDE. >
> I am currently using the backports.org version of > XFCE4 (see above), but previously was using the > 4.3.99.1-1 version available from the standard Etch > repositories. I believe the old version at least had > a "Recommends" on 'a2ps' and 'psutils', but this > backports version has > only a "Suggests" on 'psutils' and no mention of > 'a2ps' at all in its dependencies! > It seems that this was removed on 4.4.0 because it was “not needed anymore”. I can't really remember the rationale, and can't test here, as I don't have a printer. If you could try on an pure sid system, it'd be nice. Thanks, -- Yves-Alexis
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